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Post by Scorpius » 09-02-2004 08:58 PM

Deja Vu
Dave Murray, Steve Harris - Iron Maiden


When you see familiar faces,
But you don't remember where they're from,
Could you be wrong?
When you've been particular places,
That you know you've never been before,
Can you be sure?
'Cause you know this has happened before,
And you know that this moment in time is for real,
And you know when you feel Deja vu.

Chorus:
Feel like I've been here before,
Feel like I've been here before.

Ever had a conversation,
That you realise you've had before,
Isn't it strange?
Have you ever talked to someone,
And you feel you know what's coming next?
It feels pre-arranged.
'Cause you know that you've heard it before,
And you feel that this moment in time is surreal,
'Cause you know when you feel deja-vu.

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Running Alone

Post by Guardian Angel » 09-02-2004 09:15 PM

Running Alone
By Steve Perry

Looking down I watch the night
Running from the sun
Orphan stars and city lights
Fading one by one
Oh sweet memories
I call on you now
Two too many hearts been broke
Along this lonely road
Steel grey eyes can shine the lies
Until they look like gold
Cold city sidewalks can turn your heart to stone
The street won't defeat me
Cause I've got the will I'll survive
I don't mind runnin' alone
I believe that every soul
Has a song to sing
The spirit's locked in every man
Waiting for a wing
Oh so much is wasted
And oh so little used
The trick of the dreamer
Is keeping yourself from the blues
And I don't mind runnin'
Everyone's a hero
If you want to be
Everyone's a prisoner
Holding their own key
Every step I take
Every move I make
Always one step closer
I don't mind runnin' alone
Laughing children echo down
The concrete alleyways
Oh their voices
Calling, calling, calling yesterday
Oh sweet memories
Returning to me now
When young eyes saw clearly
Everyone's a hero
It you want to be
Everyone's a prisoner
Holding their own key
Every step I take
Every move I make
Always one step closer
I don't mind runnin' alone


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Sara

Post by spaceprophet » 09-04-2004 01:59 PM

Bobbie Dylan once said, "The women in my life are like the sweet summer days. Each one is so damn precious, but they all end up leaving me." I couldn't agree more.

I loved and lost a woman once that danced in a ring of fire and shook off the challenge with a shrug. Her name was Sara.

I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky,
When the children were babies and played on the beach.
You came up behind me, I saw you go by,
You were always so close and still within reach.

Sara, Sara,
Whatever made you want to change your mind?
Sara, Sara,
So easy to look at, so hard to define.

I can still see them playin' with their pails in the sand,
They run to the water their buckets to fill.
I can still see the shells fallin' out of their hands
As they follow each other back up the hill.

Sara, Sara,
Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life,
Sara, Sara,
Radiant jewel, mystical wife.

Sleepin' in the woods by a fire in the night,
Drinkin' white rum in a Portugal bar,
Them playin' leapfrog and hearin' about Snow White,
You in the marketplace in Savanna-la-Mar.

Sara, Sara,
It's all so clear, I could never forget,
Sara, Sara,
Lovin' you is the one thing I'll never regret.

I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells,
I'd taken the cure and had just gotten through,
Stayin' up for days in the Chelsea Hotel,
Writin' "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you.

Sara, Sara,
Wherever we travel we're never apart.
Sara, oh Sara,
Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart.

How did I meet you? I don't know.
A messenger sent me in a tropical storm.
You were there in the winter, moonlight on the snow
And on Lily Pond Lane when the weather was warm.

Sara, oh Sara,
Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress,
Sara, Sara,
You must forgive me my unworthiness.

Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp
And a piece of an old ship that lies on the shore.
You always responded when I needed your help,
You gimme a map and a key to your door.

Sara, oh Sara,
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow,
Sara, oh Sara,
Don't ever leave me, don't ever go.

- Bob Dylan
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Be Good To Yourself (JOURNEY)

Post by Guardian Angel » 09-06-2004 02:59 PM

Be Good To Yourself By JOURNEY:

Runnin' out of self-control
Gettin' close to an overload
Up against a no win situation
Shoulder to shoulder, push and shove
I'm hangin' up my boxin' gloves
I'm ready for a long vacation, yeah

Be good to yourself when
Nobody else will
Oh be good to yourself
You're walkin' a high wire
Caught in a cross fire
Oh be good to yourself

When you can't give no more
They want it all but you gotta say no
I'm turnin' off the noise that makes me crazy
Lookin' back with no regrets
To forgive is to forget
I want a little piece of mind to turn to, yeah

Be good to yourself when
Nobody else will
Oh be good to yourself
You're walkin' a high wire
Caught in a cross fire
Oh be good to yourself

Be good to yourself when, nobody else will

Steve Perry, Neal Schon,and Johnathan Cain



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Here is another one

Post by Guardian Angel » 09-06-2004 03:05 PM

After the Fall; Steve Perry of Journey

So now love is gone
I can't t go on, love is gone
I want to say
Now it's just too late
Waited far too long

Should have told you then I knew
Should have told you right
From the start, yeah
But the words
Didn't come out right
So I'll tell you
Straight from my heart

You meant more to me
Than I let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness
And your sweet caress
I miss you now

But a headstrong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There's not enough time
He's a workin' man

Can't stop fallin'
Heartaches callin'
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left after you fall
No not much no

Oh I say love is gone
I can't go on
Now love is gone
I want to say
But It's just too late
Waited far too long

Should have told you then I knew
Should have told you right
From the start
But the words
Didn't come out right
So I'll tell you
Straight from my heart

Can't stop fallin'
Heartaches callin'
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left after you fall
No not much no
No, no not much
After the fall
After you fall

Enjoy my fellow pirates:D :D

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Post by NeelyGirl » 09-20-2004 09:19 AM

Blue Bayou

I feel so bad I’ve got a worried mind
I’m so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou

Savin?nickels, savin?dimes
Workin?till the sun don’t shine
Lookin?forward to happier times on Blue Bayou

I’m goin?back some day, come what may, to Blue Bayou
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on Blue Bayou
All those fishin?boats with their sails afloat, if I could only see
That familiar sunrise thru sleepy eyes how happy I’d be

Oh, to see my baby again
And to be with some of my friends
Maybe I’d be happy then on Blue Bayou

I’m goin?back some day, gonna stay on Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou
Ah, that girl of mine by my side
The silver moon and the evening tide
Ah, some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin?inside

I’ll never be blue, my dreams come true
On Blue Bayou


~Roy Orbison
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Post by Bellisima » 09-22-2004 09:50 PM

I posted this months ago in P&G but decided to post it again here because it does have meaning.

Election Song

To the tune of The Beverly Hillbillies' theme

Come and listen to my story 'bout a boy name Bush.
His IQ was zero and his head was up his tush.
He drank like a fish while he was drivin' all about.
But that didn't matter 'cuz his daddy bailed him out

DUI, that is. Criminal record. Cover-up.

Well, the first thing you know little Georgie goes to Yale.
He can't spell his name but they never let him fail.
He spends all his time hangin' out with student folk.
And that's when he learns how to snort a line of coke.

Blow, that is. White gold. Nose candy.

The next thing you know there's a war in Vietnam.
Kin folks say, "George, stay at home with Mom."
Let the common people get maimed and scarred.
We'll buy you a spot in the Texas Air Guard.

Cushy, that is. Country clubs. Nose candy.

Twenty years later George gets a little bored.
He trades in the booze, says that Jesus is his Lord.
He said, "Now the White House is the place I wanna be."
So he called his daddy's friends and they called the GOP.

Gun owners, that is. Falwell. Jesse Helms.

Come November 7, the election ran late.
Kin folks said "Jeb, give the boy your state!"
"Don't let those colored folks get into the polls."
So they put up barricades so they couldn't punch their holes

Chads, that is. Duval County. Miami-Dade.

Before the votes were counted five Supremes stepped in.
Told all the voters "Hey, we want George to win."
"Stop counting votes!" was their solemn invocation.
And that's how George finally got his coronation.

Rigged, that is. Illegitimate. No moral authority.

Y'all go vote now. Ya hear?
ImageA silent mouth is sweet to hear.
Irish saying

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Post by CaptKundalini » 09-26-2004 02:27 AM

Here's a blast from the past! :) Anybody remember it?

Long, Lonesome Highway

Goin' down that long lonesome highway
Bound for the mountains and the plains.
Sure ain't nothin' here gonna tie me,
and I got some friends I'd like to see again.
One of these days I'm gonna settle down,
but 'til I do, I won't be hangin' 'round.
Goin' down that long lonesome highway.
Gonna live life my way.

(Sung slowly:)
One of these days... I'm gonna settle down...
But 'til I do... I won't be... hangin' 'round.
(Sung faster:)
Goin' down that long lonesome highway.
Gonna live life my way."

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Post by richard w brown » 09-27-2004 07:57 PM

PLAY ME BACKWARDS


You don't have to play me backwards
To get the meaning of my verse
You don't have to die and go to hell
To feel the devil's curse

Well I thought my life was a photograph
On the family Christmas card
Kids all dressed in buttons and bows
And lined up in the yard
Were the golden days of childhood
So lyrical and warm
Or did the picture start to fade
On the day that I was born

I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum
And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice!
And I got no place to run

Let the night begin there's a pop of skin
And the sudden rush of scarlet
There's a little boy riding on a goat's head
And a little girl playing the harlot
There's a sacrifice in an empty church
Of sweet li'l baby Rose
And a man in a mask from Mexico
Is peeling off my clothes

I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum
And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice!
And I got no place to run

So I'm paying for protection
Smoking out the truth
Chasing recollections
Nailing down the proof

You don't have to play me backwards
To get the meaning of my verse
You don't have to die and go to hell
To feel the devil's curse
I'll stand before your altar
And tell everything I know
I've come to claim my childhood
At the chapel of baby Rose

I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum
I've seen them light the candles
I've heard them bang the drum

JOAN BAEZ

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Post by Laird » 03-08-2005 11:46 PM

Ah Sweet Jesus no one should have my luck with computers

I'm howling the blues this evening
"Hair of the Dog"
:Move it on Over
Radar Love
Magic Carpet ride
American Woman

FREE BIRD CLassics let me out of my cage before you destory
another pc.

TRUCE with the family of Black CROWS
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" Teddy Roosevelt

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Post by cherry » 04-13-2005 10:11 AM

Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music
and stories in the Great Lakes -- songs made of hard word,
hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in.

In the grand folk style, Lee's fans have discovered a treasure
in his songs about the Great Lakes, finding drama and inspiration
in the lives of sailors and fishermen, lighthouse keepers, ghosts,
shipwrecks, outlaws and everyday heroes.

http://www.leemurdock.com/html/lee_music.html

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Post by Jon-Marcus » 04-19-2005 12:40 AM

The Logical Song

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
joyfully, playfully watching me.
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
clinical, intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the world's asleep,
the questions run too deep
for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am.

Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
acceptable, respecable, presentable, a vegtable!

At night, when all the world's asleep,
the questions run so deep
for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am.

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Post by Shirleypal » 04-19-2005 10:35 AM

Bette Midler - From A Distance Lyrics

From a distance, the world looks blue and green
and the snow-capped mountains white.
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
and the eagle takes to flight.
From a distance there is harmony
and it echoes through the land.
It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace,
it's the voice of every man.
From a distance, we all have enough
And no one is in need.
There are no guns, no bombs, no diseases,
No hungry mouths to feed.
From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope, playing songs of peace
They're the songs of every man.
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance.
From a distance, you look like my friend
Even though we are at war.
From a distance I cannot comprehend
What all the fighting is for.
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land.
It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves.
It's the heart of every man.
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance.

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Post by feetsie » 04-19-2005 05:08 PM

very respectfully-

That song has always bothered me. Why does God have to be watching us from a distance? Isn't He both here and now?

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Post by Shirleypal » 04-19-2005 07:45 PM

feetsie wrote: very respectfully-

That song has always bothered me. Why does God have to be watching us from a distance? Isn't He both here and now?


If I were God I would be watching from a distance also, get too close in this world and you get attacked.

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