Phx Favorite Song Lyrics...

Here's an oldie for those of us of age:

Dennis DeYoung

Desert Moon

"Is this the train to Desert Moon?"
Was all she said?
But I knew I?d heard
That stranger?s voice before

I turned to look into her eyes
But she moved away
She was standing in the rain
Trying hard to speak my name
They say first love never runs dry

The waiter poured our memories
Into tiny cups
We stumbled over words
We longed to hear

We talked about the dreams we?d lost
Or given up
When a whistle cut the night
And shook silence from our lives
As the last train rode toward the dunes


Those summer nights
When we were young
We bragged of things we?d never done
We were dreamers, only dreamers

And in our haste to grow too soon
We left our innocence on Desert Moon
We were dreamers, only dreamers
On Desert Moon


I still can hear the whisper of
The summer night
It echoes in the corners of my heart
The night we stood and waited
for the desert train
All the words we meant to say
All the chances swept away
Still remain on the road to the dune?

(Repeat Chorus)

Moments pass and Time moves on
But dreams remain for just as long
As there?s dreamers, all the dreamers
On Desert Moon

 

And here is one that always makes me stop dead in my tracks when I hear it:

Joni Mitchell

MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES

I was an unmarried girl
I'd just turned twenty-seven
When they sent me to the sisters
For the way men looked at me
Branded as a jezebel
I knew I was not bound for Heaven
I'd be cast in shame
Into the Magdalene laundries

Most girls come here pregnant
Some by their own fathers
Bridget got that belly
By her parish priest
We're trying to get things white as snow
All of us woe-begotten-daughters
In the streaming stains
Of the Magdalene laundries

Prostitutes and destitutes
And temptresses like me--
Fallen women--
Sentenced into dreamless drudgery ...
Why do they call this heartless place
Our Lady of Charity?
Oh charity!

These bloodless brides of Jesus
If they had just once glimpsed their groom
Then they'd know, and they'd drop the stones
Concealed behind their rosaries
They wilt the grass they walk upon
They leech the light out of a room
They'd like to drive us down the drain
At the Magdalene laundries

Peg O'Connell died today
She was a cheeky girl
A flirt
They just stuffed her in a hole!
Surely to God you'd think at least some bells should ring!
One day I'm going to die here too
And they'll plant me in the dirt
Like some lame bulb
That never blooms come any spring
Not any spring
No, not any spring
Not any spring

 

This one is just plain fun!

Don't Mean Nothing
written by Richard Marx and Bruce Gaitsch

from the CD "Richard Marx"

Welcome to the big time. You're bound to be a star
And even if you don't go all the way, I know that you'll go far
This race is for rats, It can turn you upside down
Ain't no one you can count on in this sleazy little town
Oh, no
Lots of promises in the dark
But don't you open your heart

Chorus
Cause it don't mean nothin'
The words that they say
Don't mean nothin'
These games that people play
No, it don't mean nothin'
No victim, no crime
It don't mean nothin'
Till you sign it on that dotted line

The director smiles as you walk in the door
He says, "I love your work, babe"
But you're just not what we're looking for
It's never what but who it is you know
So easy to get stuck in all that California snow
Take a good look around and you'll find
People tryin' to mess with your mind

Repeat Chorus

Hollywood can be so lonely
Make you the winner of a losing fight
But the party is never over
Cause stars are always shining
Doesn't matter if it's day or night

The producer says, "let me change a line or two"
And a little bit of something can look awfully good to you And you want to scream, but you gotta keep it all inside. When you're trying to make a living,
There ain't no such thing as pride, no
Lot of promises in the dark
But don't you open your heart

Repeat Chorus

It don't mean nothing at all..

 

HA! Richard Marx was my first concert!! But that is because I was in jr high and my stupid parents wouldn't let me go to a concert before then!

 

Okay, now I'm feeling old again

I was in HS when his first album came out

 

Ok another one from jr high...

Lovesong
by The Cure

whenever I'm alone with you,
you make me feel like i am home again.
whenever i'm alone with you,
you make me feel like i am whole again.

whenever i'm alone with you,
you make me feel like i am young again.
whenever i'm alone with you,
you make me feel like i am fun again.

however far away,
i will always love you.
however long i stay,
i will always love you.
whatever words i say,
i will always love you,
i will always love you.

whenever i'm alone with you,
you make me feel like i am free again.
whenever i'm alone with you,
you make me feel like i am clean again.

however far away,
i will always love you.
however long i stay,
i will always love you.
whatever words i say,
i will always love you,
i will always love you.

 

ditto for this one...but the lyrics are only part of it, the whole song is amazing to listen to:

Waiting for the Night
by Depeche Mode

I'm waiting for the night to fall
I know that it will save us all
When everything's dark
Keeps us from the stark reality

I'm waiting for the night to fall
When everything is bearable
And there in the still
All that you feel is tranquillity

There is a star in the sky
Guiding my way with its light
And in the glow of the moon
Know my deliverance will come soon

I'm waiting for the night to fall
I know that it will save us all
When everything's dark
Keeps us from the stark reality

I'm waiting for the night to fall
When everything is bearable
And there in the still
All that you feel is tranquillity

There is a sound in the calm
Someone is coming to harm
I press my hands to my ears
It's easier here just to forget fear

And when I squinted
The world seemed rose-tinted
And angels appeared to descend
To my surprise
With half-closed eyes
Things looked even better
Than when they were open

Been waiting for the night to fall
I knew that it would save us all
Now everything's dark
Keeps us from the stark reality

Been waiting for the night to fall
Now everything is bearable
And here in the still
All that you feel is tranquility

 

YOU'RE SO VAIN
BY CARLY SIMON

You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and

You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

 

"Particle Man" by They Might Be Giants

Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man

Triangle man, Triangle man
Triangle man hates particle man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle man

Universe man, Universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe man

He's got a watch with a minute hand,
Millenium hand and an eon hand
When they meet it's a happy land
Powerful man, universe man

Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man

Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man

Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man

 

Now we have to find the MP3 for people!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

 

The Book I'm Not Reading
by Patty Larkin

the book I'm not reading is riveting
the book I'm not reading keeps me up at night
the book I'm not reading is better than TV
giving me insight
the book I'm not reading is history
the book I'm not reading is by some paperback writer
the book I'm not reading is a mystery
who done it don't matter

oh I need someone to read me stories
someone to turn the page
oh the endless quest for love and glory
does not fade away with age

the book I'm not reading is ancient tome
the book I'm not reading was born yesterday
the book I'm not reading keeps me off the phone with nothing to say
the book I'm not reading is the self-help kind
the book I'm not reading has a life jacket enclosed
the book I'm not reading is a friend of mine
god knows we need those

oh I need someone to read me stories
someone to turn the page
oh the endless quest for love and glory
does not fade away with age

the book I'm not reading's on the internet
the book I'm not reading is a brand new movie
the book I'm not reading isn't out yet
and it's all new to me
the book I'm not reading isn't written down
the book I'm not reading is an English translation
the book I'm not reading should be read aloud
and I'm getting impatient

I need someone to read me stories
--someone to turn the page
the endless quest for love and glory
--does not fade away with age

c. 1994

 

And, for the hair band afficianado!

"Union Of The Snake"
J. Taylor, N. Rhodes, A. Taylor, S. LeBon

Telegram force and ready I knew this was a big mistake
There's a fine line drawing my senses together
And I think it's about to break.
If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderliiiine

Nightshades on a warning give me strenth at least give me a light.
Give me anything even sympathy there's a chance you could be right.
If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderliiiine.
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderliiiine

If I listen close I can hear them singers oh-oh-oh
Voices in your body coming through on the radio-oh-oh

The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderliiiine
The union of the snake is on the climb
It's gonna race it's gonna break it's gonna move up to the borderliiiiine
The union of the snake is on the climb
Moving up it's gonna race it's gonna break through the borderliiine
The union of the snake is on the climb
It's gonna race it's gonna break it's gonna move up to the borderliiiiine.

 

Ok I happen to LOVE duran duran and that is one of my favorite songs of theirs...

sigh....I still want to have John Taylor's baby....

DID I JUST SAY THAT OUT LOUD?!?!

 

I know I'm just a big softy deep down, but there's times that I feel the urge to just chuck it all away... This one usually restores my faith that everything is meant to be, and that it will all work out in the end...

"A Reason For It All"

I've seen hard times and I've been told
There isn't any wonder that I fall
Why do we suffer, crossing off the years
There must be a reason for it all

I've trusted in You, Jesus, to save me from my sins
Heaven is the place I call my home
But I keep on getting caught up in this world I'm living in
And Your voice it sometimes fades before it all

Hurtin' brings my heart to You, crying with my need
Depending on Your love to carry me
The love that shed His blood for all the world to see
This must be the reason for it all

Hurtin' brings my heart to You, a fortress in the storm
When what I wrap my heart around is gone
I give my heart so easily to the ruler of this world
When the one who loves me most will give me all

In all the things that cause me pain You give me eyes to see
I do believe but help my unbelief
I've seen hard times and I've been told
There is a reason for it all

 

Ok so this song came out a few years before I was even born...Most of the 80's songs and movies I have been quoting were out before some of the people on this board were born. And this song rules!

You've Made Me So Very Happy
by Blood, Sweat and Tears

I lost at love before
Got mad and closed the door
But you said "Try, just once more"
I chose you for the one
Now we're having so much fun
You treated me so kind
I'm about to lose my mind
You made me so very happy

The others were untrue
But when it came to loving you
I'd spend my whole life with you
Cause you came and you took control
You touched my very soul
You always showed me that
Loving you was where it's at
You made me so very happy
I'm so glad you came into my life yeah

I love you so much you see
You're even in my dreams
I can hear you, I can hear you callin me
I'm so in love with you
All I ever want to do is
Thank you baby, thank you baby

You made me so very happy
I'm so glad you came into my life
You made me so very happy
You made me so so very happy baby
I'm so glad you came
Into my life
I want to thank you girl
Every day of my life
I want to thank you
You made me so very happy (fade)

 

And even though she's a snot, Jewel writes some amazing lyrics, or rather, USE to...

Foolish Games
by Jewel
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You were always crazy like that
I watched from my window,
always felt I was outside looking in on you
You were always the mysterious one
with dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
besides some comment on the weather
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees

These foolish games are tearing me apart
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart

You were always brilliant in the morning
Smoking your cigarettes, talking over coffee
You philosophies on art, Baroque moved you,
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
You'd teach me of honest things
Things that were daring, things that were clean
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean
So I hid my soiled hands behind my back
Somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself

These foolish games are tearing me apart
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart

You took off your coat and stood in the rain
you were always crazy like that

 

Hanging by a Moment by lifehouse

Desperate for changing
Starvin' for truth
I'm closer to where I started
in chasing after to you

I'm falling even more in love with you
lettin go of all I've held onto
standing here until you make me move
hanging by a moment here with you

Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
If you take all of me

I'm falling even more in love with you
lettin go of all I've held onto
standing here until you make me move
hanging by a moment here with you

There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in this world
that could change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else

Desperate for changing
Starvin' for truth
I'm closer to where I started
in chasing after to you

I'm falling even more in love with you
lettin go of all I've held onto
standing here until you make me move
hanging by a moment here with you

 

Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping
J. Lennon/ P.McCartney

(please don't report me to MJ!)

When I wake up early in the morning
Lift my head, I'm still yawning;
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream)

Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me
Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping.

Everybody seems to think I'm lazy
I don't mind, I think they're crazy;
Running everywhere at such a speed
Till they find there's no need (there's no need)

Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away
And after all I'm only sleeping.

Keeping an eye on the world going by my window -- Taking my time

Lying there and staring at the ceiling
Waiting for a sleepy feeling...

Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away
And after all I'm only sleeping.

Keeping an eye on the world going by my window -- Taking my time

When I wake up early in the morning
Lift my head, I'm still yawning;
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream)

Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me
Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping.

 

Heh... the first time I ever heard "Foolish Games", was apparently the first time the DJ had as well... afer the song was over, he said, "Man, I just want to go throw myself off a bridge or something"...

I laughed and laughed and laughed... every time I hear it (love the song) I smile and remember that.

 

One of my all time favorites...

Warrior Soul
The Losers


Have you ever wanted To besomeone you´re not
But you look into the world And you see what you´ve got

There´s nothin´ there But brains and guts
Finally open the door And then it shuts

Look to the center And i´ll think you´ll find
The people that are gettin´ They are blind

You changed the channel And there´s nothin´ there
You weren´t born pretty And it isn´t fair...

Here´s to the losers
The substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects

´Cause i think we´re beatiful
´Cause i think we´re beautiful
´Cause i think we´re beautiful
No matter what anyone says
I think we´re beautiful
The most beautiful in the world

You try for jobs But they say you´re strange
You´re sportin´ a style That they call pain

So you get in trouble And your brain is gone
You´re cryin´ out man But the words are wrong

Here´s to the losers
The substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects

´Cause i think we´re beautiful
´Cause i think we´re beautiful
´Cause i think we´re beautiful
No matter what anyone says
I think we´re beautiful
The most beautiful in the world

I know you´re tired Of being put down
And all the crap that´s said in town But you´re a person that matters most
I raise my glass, And make a toast

Here´s to the losers
Substance abusers
To the rejects
All the imperfects
To the retarded
And the broken-hearted
To the starving masses
And the lower classes

´Cause i think we´re beautiful
´Cause i think we´re beautiful
´Cause i think we´re beautiful
No matter what anyone says
I Think we´re beautiful

 

"911 For Peace"
--Anti-Flag--

It's in the paper every day
I see it in the headlines and I feel so sick,
Another life leaves this world so full of hate
But short
Short on compassion
Short on humanity
Asking myself in vain, shaken by the shock,
"Do we even have a chance?"

I don't wanna die
(I don't wanna kill)
I don't wanna kill
(I don't wanna die)
We are all human.
It's time to prove it.

This is a plea for peace
To the oppressors of the world and to
To the leaders of nations, corporate profit takers,
to the everday citizen
Greed, envy, fear, hate-- the competition has to stop.
When you see someone down, now's the time to pick them up
Set aside your differences and never look back, no

I don't wanna die
(I don't wanna kill)
I don't wanna kill
(I don't wanna die)
We are all human
It's time to prove it.

Isn't everybody tired of the fighting?
Isn't everybody tired of the killing? Isn't everybody tired of the dying?
Isn't everybody tired fo the hatred? Violence.. fighting... killing...dying.. aaaaaaah!!

[excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech:]
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow,
I still have a dream
we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children,
black men and white men
Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join
hands and sing
"Free at last, free at last.
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."

I don't wanna die
(I don't wanna kill)
I don't wanna kill
(I don't wanna die)
We are all human
It's time to prove it.

We are all human
It's time to prove it.
We are all human...

 

At the risk that someone has posted this already, I'll "second" this song.

(chuckle) The reason why is *perfectly* clear to me.


Norah Jones
Don't Know Why

I waited 'til I saw the sun
I don't know why I didn't come
I left you by the house of fun
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come

When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstasy
But I'll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road along

My heart is drenched in wine
But you'll be on my mind
Forever

Something has to make you run
I don't know why I didn't come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come
I don't know why I didn't come

 

Michelle Branch
"You Get Me"

So I'm a little left of center
I'm a little out of tune
Some say I'm paranormal
So I just bend their spoon
Who wants to be ordinary
In a crazy, mixed-up world
I don't care what they're sayin'
As long as I'm your girl

Hey, you are on my side
And they, they just roll their eyes

You get me
When nobody understands
You come and take the chance, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
And still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
Yeah, you get me

So what if I see the sunshine
In the pouring rain
Some people think I'm crazy
But you say it's okay
You've seen my secret garden
Where all of my flowers grow
In my imagination
Anything goes

I, I am all you want
They, they just read me wrong

You get me
When nobody understands
You come and hold my hand, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
Still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
'Cause you get me

Hey, you are on my side
They, they just roll their eyes
Yeah, yeah, yeah

'Cause you get me
When nobody understands
You come and take the chance, baby
You get me
When none of the pieces fit
You make sense of it
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
And still I want you all the time
Yeah, I do
'Cause you get me
Yeah, oh, yeah, oh

 

*Sigh* some users...

The only thing that comes to mind when they request access is:

"head like a hole.
black as your soul.
I'd rather die than give you control."

 

I always liked that song But continue that chorus...
...bow down before the one you serve,
you're going to get what you deserve.
Always liked NIN.

Ok here is my mix of eclectic music today. There are a few of them since I didn't get to post this weekend much... You can imagine what my driving music consisted of after this weird mix...

Ok first...easily the best of his songs. period. How a guy can write something that explains how I feel as a chick, still impresses me. some woman are complex, and that is a GOOD thing. yes! Garth gets it at least.

She's Every Woman
by Garth Brooks

She's sun and rain, she's fire and ice
A little crazy but it's nice
And when she gets mad, you best leave her alone
'Cause she'll rage just like a river
Then she'll beg you to forgive her
She's every woman that I've ever known

She's so New York and then L.A.
And every town along the way
She's every place that I've never been
She's makin love on rainy nights
She's a stroll through Christmas lights
And she's everything I want to do again

It needs no explanation
'Cause it all makes perfect sense
For when it comes down to temptation
She's on both sides of the fence

No it needs no explanation
'Cause it all makes perfect sense
When it comes down to temptation
She's on both sides of the fence

She's anything but typical
She's so unpredictable
Oh but even at her worst, she ain't that bad
She's as real as real can be
And she's every fantasy
Lord she's every lover that I've ever had
And she's every lover that I've never had