The waitress he was handsome
He wore a powder-blue cape.
I said "Bring me some suzettes, please.
Could you please make that crepe?"
Bob Dylan
Subterranean Homesick Blues

I'm liking this one, recently.

The View - Modest Mouse

Your gun went off.
Well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you.
My mouth runs on too.

Shouts from both sides,
"Well we've got the land but they've got the view!"
Well now here's the clue.

Life it rents us.
And yeah I hope it put plenty on you.
Well I hope mine did too.

As life gets longer, awful feels softer.
Well it feels pretty soft to me.
And if it takes shit to make bliss,
then I feel pretty blissfully.

Your gun went off.
Well you shot off your mouth and look where it got you.
My mouth runs on too.

Shouts from both sides,
"Well we've got the land but they've got the view!"
Well now here's the clue.

We are fixed right where we stand.

Life it rents us.
And yeah I hope it put plenty on you.
Well I hope mine did too.

We are fixed right where we are.

As life gets longer, awful feels softer.
Well it feels pretty soft to me.
And if it takes shit to make bliss,
well I feel pretty blissfully.

For every invention made how much time did we save?
We're not much farther than we were in the cave.

As life gets longer, awful feels softer,
and it feels pretty soft to me.
And if it takes shit to make bliss,
well I feel pretty blissfully.

If life's not beautiful without the pain,
well I'd just rather never ever even see beauty again.
Well as life gets longer, awful feels softer.
And it feels pretty soft to me.

For every good deed done there is a crime committed.
We are fixed.
For every step ahead we could have just been seated.
We are fixed.

As life gets longer, awful feels softer.
Well it feels pretty soft to me.
And if it takes shit to make bliss,
well I feel pretty blissfully.

We are fixed.
We are fixed.
We are fixed right where we stand.

I lurve da Mouse! Dems arrr boiz.

"Jesus Christ Was An Only Child" - Modest Mouse

Well Jesus Christ was an only child
He went down to the river
And he drank and smiled
And his dad was oh-so-mad
Should have insured that planet
Before it crashed
Working real hard to make internet cash
Work your fingers to the bone sitting on your ass
I know now what I knew then
But I didn't know then what I know now
Penny found out as her hair was styled
You should hide you kids
While the dogs run wild
Jesus Christ was an only child
He went down to the river
And he drank and smiled
And his dad was oh-so-mad
Should have killed that little fucker
Before he even had

They keep popping up while I'm listening to Pandora and drawing. Everything I've heard from them I've liked. Now seriously considering picking up one of their albums, which would make my second Pandora-induced music purchase.

"Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The House Of Representatives" - TISM

Will you be able to take the danger?
Can you stand the heat?
Will the honourable member for Blackstown
Resume his fuckin' seat?
It's in the parliamentary process
Whereto danger dwells:
A division that's required -
Ring the bells! Ring the bells!

Proportional representation
Really boils my blood -
All rise now for the entrance
Of the Usher with Black Rod.
"I warn the Honourable Member!"
The frantic speaker yells:
"I name the Honourable Member!"
Ring the bells! Ring the bells!

You can ring the bells, ring the bells!
Gimme bi-cameral legislature
You can ring the bells, ring the bells!
Gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme bi-cameral legislature
Don't gimme no Proletarian dictator

Questions without notice
Are burning in my soul -
A double dissolution
Leaves no time for rock 'n' roll.
"I'm a country member!"
Doug Anthony did yell.
Yeah mate, we remember -
Ring the bells! Ring the bells!

You can ring the bells, ring the bells!
Gimme bi-cameral legislature
You can ring the bells, ring the bells!
Gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme bi-cameral legislature
Don't gimme no Proletarian dictator

Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature
Gimme gimme bi-cameral legislature

Cold Blows the Wind - Ween


Cold blows the wind over my true love
Cold blows the drops of rain
I never had but one true love
And in camville he was slain

I'll do as much for my true love as any young girl may
I'll sit and weep down by his grave for twelve month and one day

But when twelve months were come and gone
This young man he arose
What makes you weep down by my grave
I can't take my repose

One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips -- one kiss is all i crave
One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips and return back to your grave

My lips they are as cold as my clay
My breath is heavy and strong
If thou was to kiss my lily white lips
Thy days would not be long

Oh don't you remember the garden grove where we used to walk
Pluck the finest flower of them all, twill wither to a stalk

Go fetch me a nun from the dungeon deep
And water from a stone
And white milk from a maiden's breast,
That babe ere never known

Go dig me a grave both long, wide and deep as quickly as you may
I'll lie down in it and take one sleep for twelve month and one day

Cold blows the wind over my true love
Cold blows the drops of rain
I never had but one true love
And in camville he was slain

I'll do as much for my true love as any young girl may
I'll sit and weep down by his grave for twelve month and one day

Alive with the Glory of Love, by Say Anything:

When I watch you, wanna do you, right where you're standing.
Right on the foyer, on this dark day, right in plain view
Of the whole ghetto, the boot-stomped meadows, but we ignore that, yeah.
You're lovely baby, this war is crazy, I won't let you down,
No, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you, hell no no.
Oh, no, I won't let them take you, won't let them take you, hell no no

And when our city vast and shitty falls to the Axis, yeah…
They'll search the buildings, collect gold fillings, wallets, and rings,
But Miss Black Eyeliner, you'd look finer with each day in hiding,
Beneath the wormwood, oh love me so good.
They won't hear us screw away the day.
I'll make you say:
“Alive! Alive! Alive with love, alive with love tonight”...

Going, going, gone
Bob Dylan

I've just reached a place
Where the willow don't bend.
There's not much more to be said
It's the top of the end.
I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.
I'm closin' the book
On the pages and the text
And I don't really care
What happens next.
I'm just going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.
I been hangin' on threads,
I been playin' it straight,
Now, I've just got to cut loose
Before it gets late.
So I'm going,
I'm going,
I'm gone.
Grandma said, Boy, go and follow your heart
And you'll be fine at the end of the line.
All that's gold isn't meant to shine.
Don't you and your one true love ever part.
I been walkin' the road,
I been livin' on the edge,
Now, I've just got to go
Before I get to the ledge.
So I'm going,
I'm just going,
I'm gone.

I'll be back though. Hopefully with pictures of Virgin Fest

In the Cold Cold Night - The White Stripes

quote:

I saw you standing in the corner
On the edge of a burning light
I saw you standing in the corner
Come to me again in the cold, cold night

You make me feel a little older
Like a full grown woman might
But when youre gone I grow colder
In the cold, cold, night

I saw you standing in the corner
On the edge of a burning light
I saw you standing in the corner
Come to me again in the cold, cold night

You make me feel a little older
Like a full grown woman might
But when youre gone I grow colder
Come to me again in the cold, cold night

I see you walking by my front door
I hear the creaking of the kitchen floor
I dont care what other people say
Im going to love you, anyway
Come to me again in the cold, cold night

I cant stand it any longer
I need the fuel to make my fire burn bright
So dont fight it any longer
Come to me again in the cold, cold night

And I know that you feel it too
When my skin turns into glue
You will know that its warm inside
And youll come run to me, in the cold, cold night

Cry if you want to
I won't tell you not to
I won’t try to cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me

It’s no use to keep a stiff upper lip
You can weep you can sleep you can loosen your grip
You can frown you can drown and go down with the ship
You can cry if you want to

Don’t ever apologize venting your pain
Its something to me you don’t need to explain
I don’t need to know why
I don’t think it’s insane
You can cry if you want to

The windows are closed
The neighbors aren’t home
If it’s better with me than to do it alone
I'll draw all the curtains and unplug the phone
You can cry if you want to

You can stare at the ceiling and tear at your hair
Swallow your feelings and stagger and swear
You could show things and throw things and I wouldn’t care
You can cry if you want to

I won’t make fun of you
I won’t tell any one
I won’t analyze what you do or you should have done
I won’t advise you to go and have fun
You can cry if you want to

Well it’s empty and ugly and terribly sad
I can’t feel what you feel but I know it feels bad
I know that it's real and it makes you so mad
You could cry

Cry if you want to
I won’t tell you not to
I won’t try and cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me to be
Near you

Coil: Tattooed Man
-------------------
There's a man lying down in a grave somewhere
With the same tattoos as me
And I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him

There's a man lying down in a bed somewhere
With a different set of sex aspects
And I hate him, I hate him, I hate him, I hate him, my eyes

This is me here now
Pining like a dog, whining like a dog in a thick harbour fog
Waiting for a ship that will make him sick
And when the ship comes, big trouble
His trouble will begin

And the church bells chime the colour of wine
And the angels devil fight to snatch back the lost time

And there's a man lying down with a blade somewhere
With the same taboos as me
And I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him

There's a man lying down in a bed somewhere
With a different set of sex aspects
And I hate him, I hate him, I hate him, I hate him, my eyes

This is the dark age of love
This is the dark age of love
This is the dark age of love
This is the dark

And I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him, I love him

There's a man laying down
There's a man laying down
There's a man laying down
There's a man laying down somewhere

Somewhere

Diana Krall dedicated this song to her husband, Elvis Costello, who is at NYC while she tours in a bus with their 20 month old twins.

Although she said she also enjoys the opportunity for late night partying after the gigs. Put the kids to bed, play at 11 and party afterwards. And I can confirm she did go partying, leaving the concert venue at 2 am.

Exactly like you

I know why I've waited
Know why I've been blue
I pray each night for someone
Exactly like you

Why should we spend some money
On a show or two
No one plays those love themes
Exactly like you

You make me feel so grand
I wanna give the world to you
You make me understand
Every foolish little
dream I'm dreaming
Every scheme I'm scheming

I know why my mother
Taught me to be true
She meant me for someone
Exactly like you

I know why I've waited
Know why I've been blue
I pray each night for someone
Exactly like you

Why should we spend some money
On a show or two
No one plays those love themes
Exactly like you

You make me feel so grand
I wanna give the world to you
You make me understand
Every foolish little
dream I'm dreaming
Every scheme I'm scheming

I know why my mother
Taught me to be true
She meant me for someone
My baby, exactly like you

Wow. Great lyrics, Psychophant.

Edit: this one since you seem to be "post pumping" tonight. Heh.
Cry if you want to
I won't tell you not to
I won’t try to cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me

It’s no use to keep a stiff upper lip
You can weep you can sleep you can loosen your grip
You can frown you can drown and go down with the ship
You can cry if you want to

Don’t ever apologize venting your pain
Its something to me you don’t need to explain
I don’t need to know why
I don’t think it’s insane
You can cry if you want to

The windows are closed
The neighbors aren’t home
If it’s better with me than to do it alone
I'll draw all the curtains and unplug the phone
You can cry if you want to

You can stare at the ceiling and tear at your hair
Swallow your feelings and stagger and swear
You could show things and throw things and I wouldn’t care
You can cry if you want to

I won’t make fun of you
I won’t tell any one
I won’t analyze what you do or you should have done
I won’t advise you to go and have fun
You can cry if you want to

Well it’s empty and ugly and terribly sad
I can’t feel what you feel but I know it feels bad
I know that it's real and it makes you so mad
You could cry

Cry if you want to
I won’t tell you not to
I won’t try and cheer you up
I'll just be here if you want me to be
Near you

Reminds me of a learning curve I had when in relationship with a psychologist, in my 30's. He was great in relating this point of view, yet later accused me of not loving him `cause I burned bacon after he sexually distracted me while cooking for us. And, accused me of not loving him because I had been distracted. A kinda catch-22 I could not begin to live with. I don't do kind and crazy well, especially with a young child at the time.

Still, that was a way shown from the judgemental stuff I'd grown up on.

Who wrote this lyric, please?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Anabel,

Composed by Casey Scott, the version I have in mind is by Holly Cole Trio. You can listen to a live version here.

Another friendship song I am listening a lot these days is this one:

I'm sticking with you
'Cause I'm made out of glue
Anything that you might do
I'm gonna do too

You held up a stage coach in the rain
(in the rain)
And I'm doin' the same
(the same)
Saw you hangin' from a tree
(from a tree)
And I made believe it was me
(was me)

Oh, I'm sticking with you
'Cause I'm made out of glue
Anything that you might do
I'm gonna do too.

Many people going to the stratosphere
Soldiers fighting with the khan
But with you by my side I can do anything
When we swing
We hang past right and wrong

I'll do anything for you
Baby, anything you want me to
Oh, I'll do anything for you
Oh, I'm sticking with you

You think that I'm
Made of readies
That makes me choke
On my Shreddies

-- Adam Ant, Made of Money

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk - Rufus Wainwright


Cigarettes and chocolate milk
These are just a couple of my cravings
Everything --it seems-- I likes,
a little bit stronger, a little bit thicker, a little bit harmful for me

If I should buy jelly-beans
Have to eat them all in just one sitting
Everything --it seems-- I likes,
a little bit sweeter, a little bit fatter, a little bit harmful for me

And then there's those other things
Which for several reasons we won't mention
Everything about 'em
is a little bit stranger, a little bit harder, A little bit deadly

It isn't very smart
Tends to make one part
So brokenhearted

Sitting here remembering me
Always been a shoe made for the city
Go ahead accuse me of just singing 'bout places
Where scrappy boys faces
have general run of the town

Playing with prodigal sons
Takes a lot of sentimental valiums
Can't expect the world
to be your raggedy andy
While running on empty
you little old doll with a frown

You got to keep in the game
Retaining mystique while facing forward
I suggest a reading
of a lesson in tightropes, or surfing your high hopes, or adios kansas

It isn't very smart
Tends to make one part
So brokenhearted

Still theres not a show on my back
Holes, or a friendly intervention
I'm just a little bit heiress, a little bit Irish, a little bit...
tower of pisa
Whenever I see ya
So please be kind....if I'm a mess

Cigarettes and chocolate milk
Cigarettes and chocolate milk

In the days, the golden days
When everybody knew what they wanted
It ain't here today

Through the times of lasting love
When parents talked of things tried and tested
It don't feel the same

Dreams and belief have gone
Time, life itself goes on

Far beyond the shrinking skies
Where money talks and leaves us hypnotised
It don't pave the way

Underneath the fading sun
The silent sum of a businessman
Has left us choking

Dreams and belief have gone
Time, life itself goes on

In the days, the golden days
When everybody know what they wanted
It ain't here today

Dreams and belief have gone
Time, life itself goes on

Half Day Closing - Portishead

Back in the 80's, as usual.

Smoked my last cigarette, sat in bed for a while.
Thought of your face, and that brought me a smile.
Wanted another one. Fell back asleep, instead.
Woke and found you sitting there on the bed.

Cigarette, cigarette,
Burning up time.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Watch the smoke climb.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Wasting away.
Just like this cigarette, our time is running down.
Only one hour til you're leaving this town.

Went to the corner store, bought us another pack.
Held my arm around you as we headed back.
I tried to change your mind. Didn't want you to go.
I want you more, it seems, than you could ever know.

Cigarette, cigarette,
Burning up time.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Watch the smoke climb.
Cigarette, cigarette,
Wasting away.
Just like this cigarette, our time is running down.
Only one hour til you're leaving this town.

Smoked my last cigarette, sat in bed for a while.
Thought of your face, and that brought me a smile.

Cheese, but I like it:

嫌いな羽を僕にくれよ

Those wings you hate, give them to me

(Siren - Asian Kung-fu Generation)

Unfortunately in English, or at least my translation, and because it's written instead of sung, the begging, near hopelessness of the line is lost.

Here comes a soul saver on your record player.

The Charlatans.

(Actually belongs in the "favourite opening lines" thread but that one was closed.)