If I Should Fall from Grace With God...

[Rowdy Rodney]

Everclear - "How to win friends and influence people"

It's a beautiful day

If you look up in the air
you can see the sky

It's a beautiful day

if you stare at the sun
you will burn your eyes

I do not believe in the lucky numbers
I do not believe in wishing on a star...
to tell you the truth
people love to tell you things that will break
your heart

yes people love to break your heart

people love to break your heart

i do not believe in the things that i cannot see
I do not believe in the pretty disguise...
to tell you the truth
I know they want me to believe that they
know whats best for me
yes, you know that its true
people love to hit you when you close your eyes
people love to hurt you when you close your eyes

and you will never see it coming

it's a beautiful day

it's a beautiful day
look up...the sky is down

it's such a beautiful day

look up...the sky is down

it's a beautiful day
look up...the sky is coming down

its a beautiful day
look up...the sky is coming down

its a beautiful day
look up in the air

you will never see it coming

 

[Rowdy Rodney]

Billy Joel - "She's always a woman"

She can kill with a smile
She can wound with her eyes
She can ruin your faith with her casual lies
And she only reveals what she wants you to see
She hides like a child
But she's always a woman to me
She can lead you to live
She can take your or leave you
She can ask for the truth
But she'll never believe you
And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free
She steals like a thief
But she's always a woman to me

CHORUS
Oh-she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh-and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind

She will promise you more
Than the Garden of Eden
Then she'll carelessly cut you
And laugh while you're bleedin'
But she'll bring out the best
And the worst you can be
Blame it all on yourself
Cause she's always a woman to me

CHORUS

She is frequently kind
And she's suddenly cruel
She can do as she pleases
She's nobody's fool
But she can't be convicted
She's earned her degree
And the most she will do
Is throw shadows at you
But she's always a woman to me

 

[wolverine]

If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would
Let it go
Surrender
Dislocate

If I could throw this
Lifeless lifeline to the wind
Leave this heart of clay
See you walk, walk away
Into the night
And through the rain
Into the half-light
And through the flame

If I could through myself
Set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away
See you break, break away
Into the light
And to the day

To let it go
And so to fade away
To let it go
And so fade away

I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
Wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no

If you should ask then maybe they'd
Tell you what I would say
True colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes

If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would
Let it go...

This desperation
Dislocation
Separation
Condemnation
Revelation
In temptation
Isolation
Desolation
Let it go

And so fade away
To let it go
And so fade away
To let it go
And so to fade away

I'm wide awake
I'm wide awake
Wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no

U2 - "Bad"

 

[wolverine]

The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"

"Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream" she said
"The one that makes me laugh" she said
And threw her arms around my neck
"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"

Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
"Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream

Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven

 

[wolverine]

Foo Fighters - Baker Street

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well another crazy day
You drink the night away
And forget about everything

This city desert makes
you feel so cold
It's got so many people
but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything

Used to think that it was so easy
Used to say that it was so easy
But you're trying, you're trying now

Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'll be happy
But you're crying, you're crying now

Way down the street there's a lad in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asked where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about everything

He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the crack and the one night stands
And then he'll settle down
In this quiet little town
And forget about everything

But you know he'll always keep moving
You know, he's never gonna stop moving
Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone

When you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
When you're going, you're going home

 

[wolverine]

Prong - Snap Your Fingers Snap Your Neck
nothing breeds more contempt for this world
than memories now formed
every moment a new seed
is grown to no reason the trouble unfolds
for the trials of today
i'm no jury really don't care how you feel
the pleasant notion of miraculous change
drifts into multiple jeers

you want the good life
you break your back
you snap your fingers, you snap your neck

seconds drip thru my hands
washed of moments unborn
all the spaces between bleed
a tribute to a sacrament never exposed
a message to the forces,
I've no pity don't know how thankful to feel
expectations of my daily bread
gives me the hunger to steal

you want the good life
you break your back
you snap your fingers, you snap your neck

 

[schizo_man]

Jill sobule - I kissed a girl

Jenny came over and told me about Brad
He's such a hairy behemoth she said
And dumb as a box of hammers
But he's such a handsome guy
And I opened up and I told her about Larry
And yesterday how he asked me to marry
I'm not giving him an answer yet
I think I can do better

CHORUS:
So we laughed, compared notes
We had a drink, we had a smoke
She took off her overcoat
I kissed a girl
I kissed a girl

So she called home to say she'd be late
He said, he worried but now he'd feel safe
I'm glad you're with your girlfriend,
Tell her "Hi" for me
then I looked at you, you had guilt in your eyes
But it only lasted a little while
And then I felt your hand above my knee

CHORUS:
And we laughed at the world
They can have their diamonds
And we'll have our pearls
I kissed a girl
I kissed a girl

I kissed a girl, her lips were sweet
She was just like kissing me
I kissed a girl, won't change the world
But I'm so glad
I kissed a girl

And we laughed at the world
They can have their diamonds
And we'll have our pearls
I kissed a girl (for the first time)
I kissed a girl (and I may do it again)
I kissed a girl
I kissed a girl

I kissed a girl, her lips were sweet
She was just like kissing me (but better)
I kissed a girl

I kissed a girl, won't change the world
But I'm so glad
I kissed a girl (for the first time)
I kissed a girl (won't be the last time)
I kissed a girl
I kissed a girl

 

[Arizona40]

I got home and the door was locked
Then I tried to ring the bell
I found a little bitty note that she had wrote
Telling me to go to hell

I crawled in the window
I got inside,
she kicked me in the balls
And then I cried

Called me a name
Said I lied
Kicked me again
And I though I’d died

Took my clothes and set them on fire
And hit me with her curling iron
I tried to block it with my watch
Then she kicked me in the crotch again

Chorus
Ya, today is the day that my wife met my girlfriend

Well I tried to tell her but she didn’t care
Things weren’t what they seemed
She had a pan on the stove full of boiling water
And my nad’s would soon be steamed

I tried to run and scream for help
She hit me in the nerd’s with her rhinestone belt
It was like nothing that I ever felt
I thank god I wasn’t wearing a kilt

She grabbed a bat
From beneath the bed
She swung it once
And then she missed my head

She reared back and swung it again
Then she hit me in the twins again

Chorus
Ya, today is the day that my wife met my girlfriend

Ya, today is that awful day
Me and my boys won’t be the same

Ya, today is the day that my wife met my girlfriend

 

[schizo_man]

Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

Oh, drinkin beer in a cabaret
Was I havin fun!
Until one night she caught me right
And now I'm on the run.

Oh, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

Oh, I'll sing you every night Bing
And I'll woo you every day.
I'll be your regular mama
And I'll put that gun away.

Oh, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that thing down before it goes off and hurts somebody!

Oh, she kicked out my windshield
And she hit me over the head.
She cussed and cried and said I lied
And she wished that I was dead.

Oh, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

We're 3 tough gals
From deep down Texas way.
We got no pals
They don't like the way we play.
We're a rough rootin tootin shootin trio
But you ought to see my sister Cleo
She's a terror make no error
But there ain't no nicer terror
Here's what we tell her:

Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down

Pappy made a batch of corn
The revenuers came.
The draugh was slow
So now they know
You can't do that to Mame.

Lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down

Oh, singing songs in a cabaret
Was I havin fun!
Until one night it didn't seem right
And now I'm on the run.

Oh, lay that pistol down, Babe.
Lay that pistol down.
Pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

Oh, pistol packin mama
Lay that pistol down.

Al drexter

 

[wolverine]

Usually I don't care for Gwen Stefani because she sounds like an asthmatic poodle (I'd do her though)...but I kinda like this song:

What an amazing time
What a family
How did the years go by
Now it's only me

Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
La, la, la, la, la, la, la (ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

Like a cat in heat, stuck in a moving car
A scary conversation, shut my eyes, can't find the brake
What if they say that you're a climber
Naturally, I'm worried if I do it alone
Who really cares, cause it's your life
You never know, it could be great
Take a chance cause you might grow
Oh, ah, oh

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Take a chance you stupid ho

Like an echo pedal, you're repeating yourself
You know it all by heart
Why are you standing in one place
Born to blossom, bloom to perish
Your moment will run out
Cause of your sex chromosome
I know it's so messed up, how our society all thinks (for sure)
Life is short, you're capable
Oh, ah, oh

(Uh-huh, hu-huh)
Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million-dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

I can't wait to go back and do Japan
Get me lots of brand new fans
Osaka, Tokyo
You Harajuku girls
Damn, you've got some wicked style

Go

Look at your watch now
You're still a super hot female
You got your million dollar contract
And they're all waiting for your hot track

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for

What you waiting for
What you waiting for

(What you waiting for)
Take a chance you stupid ho
Take a chance you stupid ho

What you waiting for
What you waiting for

(What you waiting for)
Take a chance you stupid ho
Take a chance you stupid ho

 

[schizo_man]

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can’t tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won’t you try to come

Come away with me and we’ll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I’ll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I’m safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

 

[wolverine]

Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs

Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs

You stand by me
I stand by you
If there is a fight I'm the one to come to
Good and bad, times we've been through
You got my back and I got yours too
All of my life you are in my crew
I'd do anything for you
Beat someone black and blue
Black and blue and I'd do it for you

Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs

Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs

Try to tell 'em leave us alone
Still ridin' with them fellas down that unknown road
There aint no tell 'em, I told 'em before
Wouldn't listenin'
No more bitchin'
Leave 'em all on the floor
I know
You think it's money
Your dead 'till it hurts
Thats why I still got that needle, and I still got that work
Tommorow ain't promised
I'll smoke it today
It's already five
And I'll be on my way

Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs

It's official, I'm destined to fail
And I ain't tryin' catch no case,
I got no money for bail,
I'm hurtin, Up in the E.R.,
Before New Year's Eve,
Said they're nothing we can do and we suggest that you leave,
30 G's, No insurance, They don't give a damn
Back to breakin out the scale, Break it down into grams,
They say you can't win for losin, I swear it's the truth,
Same shit, different day, Man I swear what's the use


It get's us paid, with good intentions
I got dirty with two prostentions
I make a living ain't got no pension
For transcriptions for my life on tension
The world is mine, no limit I can do it
Every drama in life I've been through it
Even if I had a good and I blew it
Regret nothin' I move on and say fuck it

Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs

Gangsters and thugs
Criminals and hoods
Some of my friends sell records, some of my friends sell drugs

 

[wolverine]

Street’s like a jungle
So call the police
Following the herd
Down to greece - on holiday
Love in the nineties
Is paranoid
On sunny beaches
Take your chances - looking for

Chorus:

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they’re girls
Who do girls like they’re boys
Always should be someone you really love

Repeat chorus

Avoiding all work
Cos there’s none available
Like battery thinkers
Count your thoughts - on one two three four five fingers
Nothing is wasted
Only reproduced
You get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr schen
But we haven’t been introduced.

Repeat chorus twice
2nd time: always should be someone to really love.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Looking for...

Repeat chorus four times
Last time: always should be someone to really love.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah

 

[wolverine]

Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi's Dead"

White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count
Bela Logosi's dead
Undead undead undead

 

[sonoman]

Nice...

Wolverine, we've got some identical tastes: Violent Femmes, the Smiths, Cure, Pogues, Bauhaus... not fucking bad; not bad at all.

 

[sexinthecity]

Wow! Long time since I have heard Hermies (AKA Hermanforanour...Backinblack) name come up.
He came and saw my Colt when he was a few months old. We named him "Thunderstruck". Still have him beautiful BIG flashy black boy!
I miss his threads...

 

[wolverine]

Wolverine, we've got some identical tastes: Violent Femmes, the Smiths, Cure, Pogues, Bauhaus... not fucking bad; not bad at all.

Well feel free to contribute some lyrics to great tunes.
I post them to not only give people an idea of my tastes, but maybe to expose them to some music they can check out on their own.

 

[Walk Softly]

Is there anybody listening? Queensryche

...Just listened and wrote; I've probably mangled it a bit.

You and I long to live like wind upon the ocean
If we close our eyes we'll maybe realize
there's more to life than what we have known
and I can't believe I spent so long
living lies I knew were wrong inside
I've just begun to see the light

Long ago there was a dream
Had to make a choice it seemed
Leaving all I loved behind
for what nobody knew
stepped out on the stage a lie
under lights and judging eyes
now the applause has died
and I can dream again

(chorus)

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines
criticize the words they're selling
inform yourself and feel the walls

(break)

Feel the breeze...
time's so near you can almost taste the freedom
There's a warm wind from the South
hoist the sail and we'll be gone
by morning this will all seem like a dream
and if I don't return to sing the song
maybe just as well I've seen the news
and there's not much I can do

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
Words behind the words
images they know will please us
I'll take what's real bring up the lights

(chorus)

 

[Walk Softly]

The Pass Neil Peart (Rush)

proud swagger out of the schoolyard
waiting for the world's applause
rebel without a conscience
martyr without a cause

static on your frequency
electrical storm in your veins
raging at unreachable glory
straining at invisible chains

and now you're standing on a rocky ledge
staring down into a heartless sea
can't face life on the razor's edge
nothing's what you thought it would be

all of us get lost in the darkness
dreamers learn to steer by the stars
all of us do time in the gutter
dreamers turn to look at the cars

turn around and turn around and turn around

turn around and walk the razor's edge
don't turn your back
and slam the door on me

it's not as if this barricade
blocks the only road
it's not as if you're all alone
in wanting to explode

someone set a bad example
made surrender seem alright
the act of a noble warrior
who lost the will to fight

and now you're trembling on a rocky ledge
staring out into a heartless sea
done with life on the razor's edge
nothing's what you thought it would be

no hero in your tragedy
no daring in your escape
no salutes to your surrender
nothing noble in your fate

christ what have you done?

 

[Walk Softly]

The Road Danny O'Keefe (Done by Jackson Browne)

highways and dance halls
a good song takes you far
you write about the moon
and you dream about the stars

the blues in old motel rooms
girls in daddys' cars
you sing about the knives
and you laugh about the scars

coffee in the morning
cocaine afternoon
you talk about the weather
and you grin about the room

phone calls long distance
to tell you how you been
you forget about the losses
and exaggerate the wins

(chorus)

and when you stop
to let 'em know
you got it down
it's just another town along the road

ladies come to see you
if your name still rings a bell
they give you damn near nothin'
and they'll say they knew you well

so you tell 'em you remember
but they know it's just a game
and along the way their faces
all begin to look the same

(chorus)

well it isn't for the money
and it's only for a while
you stock up on the 'ludes
and you roll away the miles

gamblers in the neon
clinging to guitars
you're right about the moon
but you're wrong about the stars

(chorus)

From "Running On Empty" one of the best live/road albums ever.