WHEN THE WORLD IS RUNNING DOWN

Turn on my V.C.R.
(I learned how to program it; so, it's still my TiVo)
Same one I've had for years
James Brown on the T. A. M. I. show
Same tape I've had for years
I sit in my old car
Same one I've had for years
Old battery's running down
It ran for years and years

Turn on the radio
The static hurts my ears
Tell me where would I go
I ain't been out in years
Turn on the stereo
It's played for years and years
An Otis Redding song
It's all I own

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

Plug in my M.C.I
To exercise my brain
Make records on my own
Can't go out in the rain
Pick up the telephone
I've listened here for years
No one to talk to me
I've listened here for years

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

When I feel lonely here
Don't waste my time with tears
I run 'Deep Throat' again
It ran for years and years
Don't like the food I eat
The cans are running out
Same food for years and years
I hate the food I eat

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around
When the world is running down
You make the best of what's still around

Sabbath. Neon Knights. (Butler/Dio/Iommi/Ward)

Oh, no. Here it comes again,
Can’t remember when we came so close to love before.
Hold off. Good things never last;
Nothings in the past, it always seems to come again.
Again and again.
Again and again.
Again. No.

Cry out. True legions of the brave,
Time again to save us from the jackals of the street.
Ride out. Protectors of the realm,
Captains at the helm, sail across the sea of light.

Circles and wraiths, dragons and keys,
Weaving a charm and a spell -
Blessed by the night, holy and bright,
Called by the toll of a bell.

Bloody angels, fast descending,
Moving on a never bending light.
Phantom figure, you’re free forever,
Out of shadow, shining ever bright.

Neon knight.
Neon knights. Alright.

Cry out. True legions of the brave,
Time again to save us from the jackals of the street.
Ride out. Protectors of the realm,
Captains at the helm, sail across the sea of light.

Again and again.
Again and again.
And again.

Neon knights.
Neon knights.
Neon knights.
All night.

Shore Leave - "Sweat and Pains"

You ducked down quickly under the wire
he followed quickly into the sea
and she's all unwound, uh-huh
despite your sweat and pains
they tell me you miss me, babe
they tell me you miss me, babe
but when I look around
I see no signs that you wanted to be with me
or anywhere else that I oughta be

You brought to knees what she was supposed to be
he tunneled out under the rain
and it all came down, uh-huh
despite your sweat and pains
yeah, you tell me you miss me, babe
you tell me you miss me, babe
but when I look around
I see no signs of you wanting to be with me
or anything else that I shoulda seen

One more time for the money in the ashtrays
he tumbled down into the sea
and he's lost on brown, uh-huh
despite your sweat and pains
yeah, just tell me you miss me, babe
just tell me you miss me, babe
but when I settle down
I see no reason not to get around
everything else that could bring me down

Caesar's Palace Carbon/Silicon

I wish we could see where the dreams all went
I wish we could see where the money got spent
I wish we could see that the greatest crime
Was to fool all of the people to spend all their time

I wish we could see why we need so much stuff
I wish we could see that enough is enough
I wish we could see that the goings got tough
Cause my living room's crammed and my passion's backed off

Value what is necessary, leave what is not
And tell me what I'm doing in another shop

I wish we could see that we're outta control
I wish we could see that we binge out our soul
I wish we could see that we're gonna have to stop
There's no one in the church 'cause they're all in the shop

I wish we could see what is hard to believe
I wish we could see better to give than receive
I wish we could see that we've lost the plot
All this envy is coveting of what we ain't got

Value what is necessary, leave what is not
And tell me what I'm doing in another shop

I tried to give up smoking, I tried to give up drugs
I tried to give up smoking weed, but I have to walk the dog
I tried to give up drinking, but I think I need a drink
I tried to give up thinking that I was the missing link

In the year of the dog will we understand worth
The happiness we'll find in breath you draw on earth
The year of the dog is the year of the smurf
I don't know what the franchise is worth

Value what is necessary, leave what is not
And tell me what I'm doing in another shop
Value what is necessary, leave what is not
And tell me what I'm doing in another shop

Brought up in the world of Caesars Palace
I'm being poisoned on a daily basis
They ain't got food tasters in some of these places
Caesars Palace

Brought up in the world of Caesars Palace
And now I got so much stuff I don't need
It's a sickness, you can call it greed
Caesars Palace

Brought up in the world of Caesars Palace
It's a sin, get the money in
Validate the parking, you can wash away your sins
Caesars Palace

Brought up in the world of Caesars Palace
And the odds are a trillion to one
And still I want some
Caesars Palace

Last High- Dandy Warhols

I am alone

But adored
By a hundred thousand more
Then I said
When you were the last
Then I have known love
Like a whore
From at least ten thousand more
Then I swore
When you were the last
When you were the last high
High
High
High

You were awake
And I should have stayed
But I wandered
I was only out for a day
Out for a day

It was Chicago
For a moment
And then
It was
Paris and London
For a few
Days
Now I am alone
But adored
By a hundred thousand more
Then I swore
When you were the last
When you were the last high
High
High
High
And you were the last high
High
High
High

I was the first
To have spoken
And I said
Just about
All the things
You shouldn't say
So maybe you loved me
But now
Maybe you don't
And
Maybe you'll call me
Maybe you won't
Oh
So I am alone
But adored
By a hundred thousand more
Then I said
When you were the last
And I have known love
Like a whore
From at least ten thousand more
Then I swore
When you were the last
When you were the last high
High
High
High
And you were the last high
High
High
High

Frontier psychiatrist by Avalanche

Is dexter ill, is dexter ill, is dexter ill
Is dexter ill today, mr kirk, dexters in school
Im afraid hes not, miss fishborne
Dexters truancy problem is way out of hand
The baltimore county school board have decided to expel
Dexter from the entire public school system

Oh mr kirk, Im as upset as you to learn of dexters truancy
But surely, expulsion is not the answer!
Im afraid expulsion is the only answer
Its the opinion of the entire staff that dexter is criminally insane

That boy needs therapy, psychosomatic,
That boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy
Lie down on the couch! what does that mean?
Youre a nut! youre crazy in the coconut!
What does that mean? that boy needs therapy
Im gonna kill you, that boy needs therapy
Ranagazoo, lets have it to you
On the count of three
That, that, that, that, that boy.. boy needs therapy
He was white as a sheet
And he also made false teeth

Avalanches is above, business continues below
Did I ever tell you the story about
Cowboys! bit , bit bitches and the indians and, fron, frontier psychiatrist
I... I felt strangely hypnotised
I was in another world, a world of 20.000 girls
And milk! rectangles, to an optometrist, the man with the golden eyeball
And tighten your buttocks, pour juice on your chin
I promise my girlfriend id... the violin, violin, violin ...

Frontier psychiatrist
Frontier, frontier, frontier, frontier
Frontier, frontier, frontier, frontier
Frontier, frontier, frontier, frontier

That boy needs therapy, psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy
Lie down on the couch, what does that mean?
Youre a nut! youre crazy in the coconut!
What does that mean? that boy needs therapy
Im gonna kill you, that boy needs therapy
Ranagazoo, lets have a tune
Now when I count three
That, that, that, that, that boy.. boy needs therapy
He was white as a sheet
And he also made false teeth

Can you think of anything else that talks, other than a person?
Uh ohh... uh oh, a bird! yeah!
Sometimes a parrot talks
Ha ha ha ha ha !!!!
Yes, some birds are funny when they talk
Can you think of anything else
A record, record, record !

Now and then it keeps you running
It never seems to die
The trail's spent with fear
Not enough living on the outside

Never seem to get far enough
Staying in between the lines
Hold on to what you can
Waiting for the end
Not knowing when

May the wind take your troubles away
May the wind take your troubles away
Both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel,
May the wind take your troubles away

Trying to make it far enough, to the next time zone
Few and far between past the midnight hour
Never feel alone, you're really not alone...

Switching it over to AM
Searching for a truer sound
Can't recall the call letters
Steel guitar and settle down
Catching an all-night station somewhere in Louisiana
It sounds like 1963, but for now it sounds like heaven

May the wind take your troubles away
May the wind take your troubles away
Both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel,
May the wind take your troubles away

Son Volt - Windfall of the album "Trace"

quote:

Son Volt - Windfall of the album "Trace"

There's the song I play to make my wife happy.

Unknown band...maybe one of you knows it. An ex of mine long ago used to play it for me, it's some little punk rock band, à la Buzzcocks.

Honey you're so cute
I want you in my neighbourhood
Honey you're so fucking cute
I need you in my neighbourhood

You're so cute
You're always in my head
You're never in my bed
I wish you would
I wish you would
I wish you would
I wish you would

quote:

Originally posted by Splitcoil:
There's the song I play to make my wife happy.

That song may be my favorite of all time. Just makes me want to get in the truck on a warm spring day with the windows down and drive.

Pinnball Song by Slobberbone

Six weeks on the road now, I'm feeling kind of spent
There's a few things I need and ones a friend
A few good games of pinball and a double whiskey sour
I'll rinse it with a beer and repeat again

You know I couldn't find you in the place you used to be
I'm a sucker for the old times, that's me
But I asked around the bar and they said you were gone for a couple of days
On a vacation in the drunk tank so they'd say

I saw that girl you used to know at the other end of the bar
I never thought she'd ever get that far
She said you two were through, it seemed you were driving for different things
I said I understood, I've wrecked that car
So now there's thirteen empty bottles, a glass or two or four
The lights came on we headed for the door
But the night was adolescent and she said she wanted more
And that's what she kept the apple blossom for
So up the stairs to her apartment with the Christmas lights that blink
It's the second week of May but that'd be okay
Except that under those blinking lights we opened a big old can of stink
And you smell it soon enough in one more day

Saturday, the twelfth of May, the policeman turns the valve
And the first drunk of the weekend dribbles out
Collect all your effects and take a cab straight to the bar
You're wondering what the whisperings all about
Well I'll tell you:

It's about the easy sheen of alcohol, of better-not-do's done
Of blinking lights and the curse of roomates' tongues
An entire bar's worth holding theirs, but it only takes just one
And then it's pass that can around, it's your turn, son
Because this pinball gane I'm playing, you know it's not the same

Times used to be you and me could always match
Yeah and the multiball came easy just like the replay game
And the wagers won and tossed hard down the hatch
So now I nailed the free game and there's a bottle across my head
My table tilts, I'm headed for the floor
Went out to find an old friend, I lost me one instead
I lost it all for just another score
Yeah, I lost it all for just another score

Nas : Mastermind

(Chorus)
A Mastermind - Sees it coming before it comes
A Mastermind - Before he go to war he counts his one
A Mastermind - Everything planned out perfect, in case y'all niggaz got to get murdered
A Mastermind - Sleeps at night, real easy
A Mastermind - Cause everything he does is by the book
A Mastermind - Never do a thing irrational, lives forever, these tales are classical

(Verse)
Velvet bowties, bulletproofs in the tux, when I roll by
In car similar to a suanas, in my diamonds
And my principal is to study drama
Look what happened in Manhattan
A couple of years ago when guns started clappin'
Two of my dogs fell, two of my niggaz ran
They was amatures in beef with a grown man
It taught me the lessons of how the strong stand
And how the weak, end up in a coffin
Play it cool, that's the old school rule, man
Keep your ears to the street, y'all never lose man
Make your enemies believe there's love there
Cause in war, belief is all fair
Rock them to sleep, shots in your jeep
And you ain't never know the plot was from me
It's from my Masterminds

(Chorus)
A Mastermind - Sees it coming before it comes
A Mastermind - Before he go to war he counts his one
A Mastermind - Everything planned out perfect, in case y'all niggaz got to get murdered
A Mastermind - Sleeps at night, real easy
A Mastermind - Cause everything he does is by the book
A Mastermind - Never do a thing irrational, lives forever, these tales are classical

(Verse)
It ain't a game it's the life
Think it's a game, you layin'
And I'm nice on that black stone merlo
Toast to my hero Nat Turner
Whether below zero, gave the keys to Kelis
Whispered in her earlobe, drive on
Cause she the wife and they the freaks
The underneath my girl caliber
They smiled at her and said "Goodbye"
With niggaz who thug or die, they wild as us
My bodyguards are my Denially trucks
Knownin' that I'm surrounded by OGs that I don't really get down with
They got a seperate table for their freaks bought them drinks
So we could talk man-to-man so real niggaz could link
I knew, they kill hos too like Ray Carutth
They used to spray troops, now they managing groups
The main nigga sunny had big money since '82
Had two of my dogs whacked, nothing I could do
That was back when I had no crew, I switch that
Now I'm strong with niggaz who felt Sunny was wrong
My money's long his money is weak, he's losing sleep
Trying to feel me out, to see what it's gonna be
But I'm a Mastermind

(Chorus)
A Mastermind - Sees it coming before it comes
A Mastermind - Before he go to war he counts his one
A Mastermind - Everything planned out perfect, in case y'all niggaz got to get murdered
A Mastermind - Sleeps at night, real easy
A Mastermind - Cause everything he does is by the book
A Mastermind - Never do a thing irrational, lives forever, these tales are classical

(Verse)
I live a clean life, I don't even steal cable
I speak for myself, my niggaz will slay you
Lucky us, this rap done worked out fine
FEDs, check me out, it's no dirt y'all find
This King Of New York shit only last 15 minutes
Every nigga get burned, but it's what you did with it
Niggas who brillant, came in and killed it
Made millions ever three months, new jury
I'm low, smoking blueberry, with a ho
Who know a few scary individuals eerie as she gets into it
Squares they into voodoo
She says a Hail Mary and she says she knew who
Would come and try to kill you too

(Chorus)
A Mastermind - Sees it coming before it comes
A Mastermind - Before he go to war he counts his one
A Mastermind - Everything planned out perfect, in case y'all niggaz got to get murdered
A Mastermind - Sleeps at night, real easy
A Mastermind - Cause everything he does is by the book
A Mastermind - Never do a thing irrational, lives forever, these tales are classical

Terrible Funk- Break Beat Era


Slide on in
Slide on in between
Liquid bass babe, you're just a drop in the ocean
I look up
Look up and lose my step
Watch you take your place in the sun

Don't be shy
We all the same on the inside
Liquid bass babe I'm on your mind
Slide on in
Slide on in between
Liquid bass babe I'm on your mind

Drive to drive man they come from nowhere
Big black suits no number on their jackets
Holy cow no I don't tell them nothing
I'm on your side
Don't go out you'd think I'd learn my lesson
Day to day we fight a losing battle
Shine out shine it's on the surface baby
On the other side

Yes I see you
Day by day
Don't go out
Feel so strange
My own time yeah
Run to run
Drink so deep yeah
I'm deaf and dumb

Slide on in (Slide on in)
Slide on in between
Liquid base babe I'm on your mind
I look up
Look up and lose my step
Watch you take your place in the sun

Slide on in (Slide on in)
Slide on in between
Liquid bass babe, you're just a drop in the ocean
I look up
Look up and lose my step
Watch you take your place in the sun

Don't be shy
We all the same on the inside
Liquid bass babe I'm on your mind
Slide on in
Slide on in between
Liquid bass babe I'm on your mind

Yes I see you
Day by day
Don't go out
Feel so strange
My own time yeah
Run to run
Drink so deep
I'm deaf and dumb

Slide on in (Slide on in)
Slide on in between
Liquid bass babe, you're just a drop in the ocean
I look up
Look up and lose my step
Watch you take your place in the sun

Don't be shy
We all the same on the inside
Liquid bass babe I'm on your mind
Slide on in (Slide on in)
Slide on in between
Liquid bass babe

Steely Dan
Do It Again


In the mornin you go gunnin'
For the man who stole your water
And you fire till he is done in
But they catch you at the border
And the mourners are all singin'
As they drag you by your feet
But the hangman isn't hangin'
And they put you on the street

You go back Jack do it again
Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back Jack do it again

When you know she's no high climber
Then you find your only friend
In a room with your two timer
And you're sure you're near the end
Then you love a little wild one
And she brings you only sorrow
All the time you know she's smilin'
You'll be on your knees tomorrow

You go back Jack do it again
Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back Jack do it again

Now you swear and kick and beg us
That you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas
With a handle in your hand
Your black cards can make you money
So you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey
You must put them on the table

You go back Jack do it again
Wheel turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back Jack do it again...

Spy (For The FBI) Lyrics
Artist(Band):John Hiatt Review The Song (0)
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I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)

I got an x-ray camera hidden in your house
That sees what I can't see
And that man you were kissin' last night
Definitely was not me, oh baby

I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)

Just because he was wearin' shades
You thought he didn't leave a clue
I got his name, I know his game
He's double-0 you know who, oh baby

I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy)

I've got the facts in the file
Baby I don't have to guess
I took that agent's fingerprints
Off of your new red dress, oh baby

I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)

I know when you're out
I know when you're in
I know where you're goin'
'Cause I know where you've been

I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
Baby, I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)
Baby, I spy for the FBI
(I spy for the FBI)

I like the progression from fuldog's post to yours...

Palo Alto, Radiohead

In a city of the future
It is difficult to concentrate
Meet the boss, meet the wife
Everybody's happy
Everyone is made for life

In a city of the future
It is difficult to find a little space
I'm too busy to see you
You're too busy to wait

But I'm OK, how are you?
Thanks for asking, thanks for asking
I'm OK, how are you?
I hope you're OK too

In one of those days
When the sky is california blue
With a beautiful bombshell
I throw myself into my work
I've been kidding myself for so long

I'm OK, how are you?
Thanks for asking, thanks for asking
I'm OK, how are you?
I hope you're OK too

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
a walk-on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

My answer for Green Robot, today, right now. This thread is full of other possible answers, and something else will be the real favorite in a while.

And no matter how much I like Radiohead, their cover of this is just not right. The Pink Floyd original, please.

quote:

Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Tom Waits

hey Charley I'm pregnant
and living on 9-th street
right above a dirty bookstore
off cuclid avenue
and I stopped taking dope
and I quit drinking whiskey
and my old man plays the trombone
and works out at the track.

and he says that he loves me
even though its not his baby
and he says that he'll raise him up
like he would his own son
and he gave me a ring
that was worn by his mother
and he takes me out dancin
every saturday nite.

and hey Charley I think about you
everytime I pass a fillin' station
on account of all the grease
you used to wear in your hair
and I still have that record
of little anthony & the imperials
but someone stole my record player
how do you like that?

hey Charley I almost went crazy
after mario got busted
so I went back to omaha to
live with my folks
but everyone I used to know
was either dead or in prison
so I came back in minneapolis
this time I think I'm gonna stay.

hey Charley I think I'm happy
for the first time since my accident
and I wish I had all the money
that we used to spend on dope
I'd buy me a used car lot
and I wouldn't sell any of em
I'd just drive a different car
every day dependin on how
I feel.

hey Charley
for chrissakes
do you want to know
the truth of it?
I don't have a husband
he don't play the trombone
and I need to borrow money
to pay this lawyer
and Charley, hey
I'll be eligible for parole
come valentines day.