Favorite Song Lyrics

[DocLeaf]

"Things just ain't the same for gangstas.
Times is changing, young niggas is aging,
Becoming old gees in the game and changing,
To make way for these new names and faces, but
The strangest things can happen from rappin, when
Niggas get wrapped up in image and actin,
Niggas get capped up and wrapped in plastic,
Zipped up in bags when it happens, that's it.
I've seen em come; I've watched em go,
Watched em rise, witnessed it and watched em blow.
Watched em up high, suddenly watched em grow.
Watched the lawsuits when they lost the dough.
Best friends and money: I lost them both.
Went, visited niggas in the hospital.
It's all the same shit all across the globe.
I just sit back and watch the show. (The watcher)...

Things just ain't the same for gangstas,
Cops is anxious to put niggas in handcuffs.
They wanna hang us, see us dead, enslave us,
Keep us trapped in the same place we're raised in.
Then they wonder why we act so outrageous,
Run around stressed out and pull out gauges.
Cause everytime you let the animal out cages,
It's dangerous to people who look like strangers.
But now we got a new era of gangstas,
Hustlers and youngsters livin amongst us.
Lookin at us, now callin us busters,
Can't help but reminisce back when it was us.
Nigga we started this gangsta shit.
And this the motherfuckin thanks I get?
It's funny how time fly,
I'm just havin fun, just watchin it fly by. (The watcher) "

'The Watcher' by Dr Dre (aka Andre Young)

 

[Guest]

John Prine 'Angel From Montgomery'

I am an old woman
Named after my mother
My old man is another
child who's grown old
If dreams were lightning
thunder were desire
this ol' house woulda' burned down
A long time ago

(chorus)
Make me an angel
that flies from Montgomery
Paint me a poster
Of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
That I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
Is just the hard way to go.

When I was a young girl
I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at
Just a free ramblin' man
But that was a long time
And no matter how I try
The years just flow by
Like a broken down dam.

Make me an angel
That flies from Montgomery
Paint me a poster
Of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
That I can hold onto
To believe in this livin'
Is just a hard way to go

There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear 'em there buzzin'
And I ain't done nothin'
Since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person
go to work in the mornin'
come home in the evening
And have nothin' to say

Make me an angel
that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
Of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
That I can hold onto
To believe in this livin'
is just the hard way to go..
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I can't remember the rest (though I can't remember if there is a 'rest' right now....)

moose eater

 

[DocLeaf]

All Along the Watch Tower by Bob Dylan
(covered by Jimi Hendrix)

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,
Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

 

[Closet Funk]

Rush
2112
A Passage To Bangkok

Our first stop is in Bogata to check Colombian fields
The natives smile and pass along a sample of thier yield
Sweet Jamaican Bright greens
Golden Acaupulco Lights
Then Morrocco and the east
Fly by morning light

We run the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best

Wreathed in smoke in Lebanon
We burn the midnight oil
The fragerance of Afghanistan
Rewards a long days toil
Pulled into Katmandu smoke rings fill the air
Perfumed by a Nepal night the express gets you there

We run the train to Bangkok
Aboard the Thailand express
We'll hit the stops along the way
We only stop for the best

 

[Laxpunker]

Elliot Smith
Kings Crossing
The King's crossing was the main attraction
Dominoes falling in a chain reaction
The scraping subject ruled by fear told me
Whiskey works better than beer
The judge is on vinyl, decisions aren't final
And nobody gets a reprieve
And every wave is tidal
If you hang around you're going to get wet
I can't prepare for death any more than I already have
All you can do now is watch the shells
The game looks easy, that's why it sells

Frustrated fireworks inside your head
Are going to stand and deliver dark instead
The method acting that pays my bills
Keeps the fat man feeding in Beverly Hills
I got a heavy metal mouth, it hurls obscenity
And I get my check from the trash treasury
Because I took my own insides out

It don't matter cause I have no sex life
And all I wanna do now is inject my ex wife
I've seen the movie
And I know what happens
It's Christmas time
And the needle's on the tree
A skinny Santa is bringing something to me
His voice is overwhelming
But his speech is slurred
And I only understand every other word

Open your parachute and grab your gun
Float down like an omen, a setting sun
Read the part and return at five
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
But I don't care if I fuck up
I'm going on a date
With a rich white lady
Ain't life great?
Gi'me one good reason not to do it
(Because I love you)
So do it.

This is the place where time reverses
And dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Instruments shine on a silver tray
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me be carried away

 

[sproutco]

Rush - The Trees

There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples,
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade.

There is trouble in the forest,
And the creatures all have fled,
As the maples scream "Oppression!"
And the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."
Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.

 

[Guest]

That's the Way That The World Goes 'Round
(John Prine)

I know a guy that's got a lot to lose
He's a pretty nice fellow, kinda' confused
Got muscles in his head that ain't never been used
Thinks he owns half of this town

Starts drinkin' heavy, gets a big red nose
Beats his ol' lady with a rubber hose
Then he takes her out to dinner
Buys her new clothes

That's the way that the world goes round.

(chorus)
That's the way that the world goes 'round
You're up one day, the next you're down
It's a half an inch of water and ya' think you're gonna' drown
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

I was sittin' in the bathtub, countin' my toes
when the radiator broke, water all froze
I got stuck in the ice, without my clothes
Naked as the eyes of a clown

I was crying ice cubes, hopin' I'd croak
When the sun come through the window
The ice all broke
I Stood up and laughed,
thought it was a joke.

That's the way that the world goes 'round

That's the way that the world goes 'round
You're up one day, the next you're down
It's a half an inch of water
and you think you're gonna' drown
That's the way that the world goes 'round

(repeat chorus one more time)

moose eater

 

[I Used To Grow]

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Under The Bridge

Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of Angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I drive on her streets
'Cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills
'Cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and
She kisses me windy and
I never worry
Now that is a lie

I don't ever wanna feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all that way (yeah yeah yeah)

It's hard to believe
That there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe
That I'm all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I don't ever wanna feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way
I don't ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way (yeah yeah yeah)
Ooh no (no no yeah yeah)
Love me I say yeah yeah

Under the bridge downtown
Is were I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away (yeah yeah yeah)
Ooh no (no no yeah yeah)
Here I stay yeah yeah

 

[Guest]

The Pretenders

Middle of the Road

Don't harass me
Can't you tell
I'm goin' home
"I'm tired", I say
I'm not the kind
I used to be
I've got a kid
I'm 33, baby...

ws

 

[EastCoastE]

Not neccesarily my favorite, but a good one off the top off my head:

Queens of the Stone Age

Songs For The Deaf

Go With The Flow

"I want something good to die for.........to make it beautiful to live."

 

[LORD BENIS]

Great lyrics everyone, I'm downloading now
Everthing put out by Immortal Technique and Tupac Shakur are personal favorites

Tupac Shakur
Me Against the World
"

.....With all this extra stressin'
the question I wonder is after death
I feel my last breath
when will I finaly get to rest from this supression
they punish the people that's askin questions
and those that possess
steal from the ones without possesions
the message I stress;
to make it stop study your lessons
don't settle for less
even the genius asks questions
be gratifull for blessins
don't ever change keep your essense
the power is in the people and politics we address
always do your best
don't let this pressure make you panic
and when ya get stranded
and things don't go tha way ya planed it
keep dreaming of riches
in a position of makin' a difference
polititions and hipocrites
they don't wanna listen
if i'm insane
then it's the fame, ain't about to change
it wasn't nothin' like tha game
it's just me Against tha World

Also

Blackalicious
NIA
Shallow Days

....So many might laugh, or write this off
like I'm out here just blowin' wind,
maybe label it soft, or unreal;
something they can't feel,
While they keep on yellin'
Murder, Murder, Murder
Kill, Kill, Kill

I also like MF Doom
aka. Viktor Vaughn, the Vaudville Villian

 

[Guest]

alice in chains - got me wrong

Yeh, it goes away
All of this and more of nothing in my life
No color clay
Individuality not safe

As of now I bet you got me wrong
So unsure you run from something strong

I can't let go
Threadbare tapestry unwinding slow
Feel a tortured brain
Show your belly like you want me to

As of now I bet you got me wrong
So unsure you reach for something strong

I haven't felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love
That don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right

You sugar taste
Sweetness doesn't often touch my face
Stay if you please
You may not be here when I leave

As of now I bet you got me wrong
So unsure we reach for something strong

I haven't felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love
Strong, I haven't felt like this in so long
Wrong, in a sense too far gone from love
T hat don't last forever
Something's gotta turn out right














acid bath - bleed me an ocean




Mother's cool reptilian womb
Ain't so cold tonight
My fingers trace the exit wounds
by graveyard light
There's bone dust in my throat and everything is dead
but it's all right
Take it easy
You bleed so easy
Bleed me an ocean
Bleed me an ocean tonight
By electric graveyard light
Bleed me an ocean
Let me lie beneath the sky
Teach me how to die
Bleed me an ocean
As the blossom eats the butterfly
Can you feel the cold death
That rides along your spine
Let the blackness roll on
You bleed so easy
Let the blackness roll on
I was sexless in clouds again
I was chasing a cold, cold wind
I've become bored with flesh and bone again
The deepest alone
I was riding the turbulence
an ocean of Hades
it's all downhill from here
on the outer nowhere
Let the blackness roll on
You bleed so easy
Let the blackness roll on
I was stoned to the drone
of the blackness that hums
I've become bored with flesh and bone again
The endless hum of the highway drone
I was riding the turbulence
an ocean of Hades
The taste of dead sex on my tongue
On my tongue, yeah
Let the blackness roll on
You bleed so easy
let the blackness roll on
You bleed so easy
Just like a rain drop
I was born baby to fall
and scale these prison walls
It was over before you were born
Sucked into the vacuum of this universal tomb
It was over before you were born
Sucked into the vacuum of this universal tomb
Old blossom dies
Like a young man breathes
The insects hum with their hunger and grieve
An icon of pale bone
Static white dream
Blind in the wilderness
Everybody scream







acid bath - venus blue

Creeping like frost
As slow as grave moss
Like drowning in dry
oceans of bone dust
I taste the wreckage of crumbling faces
I know the pale thing in the darkest of places
I remember blood from the thighs of the mother
As everything is eaten by another
How much more must we bleed her
I cut their throats while they slept
I wept
I peel back my skull for you
Yes I do
Slow desolation like a funeral procession
The lovely one screams like she's caught between stations
I eat the razor, a mouthful of God's flesh
Sweating this blackness,
I am shitting this cold death
I remember blood from the thighs of the mother
As everything is eaten by another
How much more must we bleed her
I cut their throats while they slept
I wept
I peel back my skull for you
Yes I do
DEAD VENUS BLUE
Love is rotting on the vine
Crumbling in God's sunshine
I am dying all the time
Point me at the sky... sky
How much more must we bleed her
I cut their throats while they slept
I wept
I peel back my skull for you
Yes I do
DEAD VENUS BLUE
How much more must we bleed her
I cut their throats while they slept
I wept
I peel back my skull for you
Yes I do
DEAD VENUS BLUE
I taste the wreckage of crumbling faces
I know the pale thing in the darkest of places




as for a real rap song with meaning, this guy Immortal technique -

"cause of death"


You better watch what the fuck flies outta ya mouth
Or I'ma hijack a plane and fly it into your house
Burn your apartment with your family tied to the couch
And slit your throat, so when you scream, only blood comes out
I doubt that there could ever be...a more wicked MC
'Cuz AIDs infested child molesters aren't sicker than me
I see the world for what it is, beyond the white and the black
The way the government downplays historical facts
'Cuz the United States sponsored the rise of the 3rd Reich
Just like the CIA trained terrorists to the fight
Build bombs and sneak box cutters onto a flight
When I was a child, the Devil himself bought me a mic
But I refused the offer, 'cuz God sent me to strike
With skills unused like fallopian tubes on a dyke
My words'll expose George Bush and Bin Laden
As two separate parts of the same seven headed dragon
And you can't fathom the truth, so you don't hear me
You think illuminati's just a fuckin conspiracy theory?
That's why Conservative racists are all runnin' shit
And your phone is tapped by the Federal Government
So I'm jammin' frequencies in ya brain when you speak to me
Technique will rip a rapper to pieces indecently
Pack weapons illegally, because I'm never hesitant
Sniper scoping a commission controllin the president

[Hook]
Father, forgive them, for they don't know right from wrong
The truth will set you free, written down in this song
And the song has the Cause of Death written in code
The Word of God brought to life, that'll save ya soul..

Save ya soul motherfucker...save ya soul..

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
I hacked the Pentagon for self-incriminating evidence
Of Republican manufactured white powder pestilence
Marines Corps. flat (?) vest, with the guns and ammo
Spittin' bars like a demon stuck inside a piano
Turn a Sambo into a soldier with just one line
Now here's the truth about the system that'll fuck up your mind
They gave Al Queda 6 billion dollars in 1989 to 1992
And now the last chapters of Revelations are coming true
And I know a lot of people find it hard to swallow this
Because subliminal bigotry makes you hate my politics
But you act like America wouldn't destroy two buildings
In a country that was sponsoring bombs dropped on our children
I was watching the Towers, and though I wasn't the closest
I saw them crumble to the Earth like they was full of explosives
And they thought nobody noticed the news report that they did
About the bombs planted on the George Washington bridge
Four Non-Arabs arrested during the emergency
And then it disappeared from the news permanently
They dubbed a tape of Osama, and they said it was proof
"Jealous of our freedom," I can't believe you bought that excuse
Rockin a motherfucking flag don't make you a hero
Word to Ground Zero
The Devil crept into Heaven, God overslept on the 7th
The New World Order was born on September 11

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
And just so Conservatives don't take it to heart
I don't think Bush did it, 'cuz he isn't that smart
He's just a stupid puppet taking orders on his cell phone
From the same people that sabotaged Senator Wellstone
The military industry got it poppin' and lockin'
Looking for a way to justify the Wolfowitz Doctrine
And as a matter of fact, Rumsfeld, now that I think back
Without 9/11, you couldn't have a war in Iraq
Or a Defense budget of world conquest proportions
Kill freedom of speech and revoke the right to abortions
Tax cut extortion, a blessing to the wealthy and wicked
But you still have to answer to the Armageddon you scripted
And Dick Cheney, you fuckin leech, tell them your plans
About building your pipelines through Afghanistan
And how Israeli troops trained the Taliban in Pakistan
You might have some house niggaz fooled, but I understand
Colonialism is sponsored by corporations
That's why Halliburton gets paid to rebuild nations
Tell me the truth, I don't scare into paralysis
I know the CIA saw Bin Laden on dialysis
In '98 when he was Top Ten for the FBI
Government ties is really why the Government lies
Read it yourself instead of asking the Government why
'Cuz then the Cause of Death will cause the propaganda to die..

 

[Guest]

Rare Earth
" I was born to wonder, turn around and I'll be gone gone gone"

 

[Gangabiss]

Pink floyd - Time

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but its sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but youre older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought Id something more to say

Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

 

[plumberjohn420]

Pink Floyd
"The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
"Bike"

I've got a bike, you can ride it if you like.
It's got a basket, a bell that rings
And things to make it look good.
I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I've got a cloak it's a bit of a joke.
There's a tear up the front. It's red and black.
I've had it for months.
If you think it could look good, then I guess it should.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I know a mouse, and he hasn't got a house.
I don't know why I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I've got a clan of gingerbread men.
Here a man, there a man, lots of gingerbread men.
Take a couple if you wish. They're on the dish.

You're the kind of girl that fits in with my world.
I'll give you anything, everything if you want things.

I know a room full of musical tunes.
Some rhyme, some ching, most of them are clockwork.
Let's go into the other room and make them work.

Nice choice!
R.I.P. Syd Barrett 1956-2006.

 

[Guest]

:=)

:=)

Stephen Lynch - Vanilla Ice Cream

Have a seat and listen, please don't say a thing
The matters of the heart sometimes, the truth will ever sting
Just don't take it personally, this is no attack
But we will never last because I am white and you are.. Also white

I only like black girls and brown girls, the café au lait
The caramel girls, and mocha girls just blow me away
If your a nubian, I want you to-be in every fantasy
But if you're a whitey, say nighty-nighty, your just not the girl for me!

Oh I hate vanilla ice cream, I like chocolate instead
I hope she likes her soul food with a little Wonder Bread
Don't call it Jungle Fever cause that just isn't right
I am not a racist, some of my best friends are white

I just prefer black girls, the brown girls, the café au lait
A caramel girls and mocha girls just blow me away. If you're a cracker, you better get blacker or else you best get out
It is no mystery, I like a sister see that's what I'm talkin about

Our wedding song will be "Ebony and Ivory", and we'll sing Christmas carols round the old Kwanza tree
But color is not the issue here, it's dignity, it's class
It's all about her heart, okay it's partly about that ass!!
I want me some black girl, the brown girl, the café au lait
A caramel girls, and mocha girls, just blow me away
If you're a honky, you're singin the wrong key, it's the honest truth
The skin that she's dwellin in, must contain melanin, that is the Fountain of Youth.

Thomas Jefferson.

Robert DeNiro.

David Bowie.

To a certain extent.. Ted Dansen.

Strom Thurman!!! Strom Thurman!!! yeeeahh...

 

[DurbanPoison]

Sean Pual - We Be Burnin' [Legalize It]

Sean Pual - We Be Burnin' [Legalize It]

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin' [Legalize It]

Just gimme the trees and make we smoke it yo (smoke it yo!)
It a make we please, so don’t provoke it yo (voke it yo)
We no need no speed, so we not gon coke it yo (coke it yo)
Set ya mind at ease, we gotta take it slow (take it slow)

So when ya see the S.P. floatin', don’t provoke him
Cau di weed we be smokin' need fi soakin'.
Best thing for the meditation, and the best highgrade a Jamaican
It for a weed we supportin' not promotin'
Lay off the crack and the cokin, hear me shouting
Herb is the healin' of the nation
Legalize it, right now we gon blaze one

Everyday, we be burnin' not concernin' what nobody wanna say
We be earnin' dollars turning cau we mind them poor we pay
Some got gold and oil and diamonds, all we got is Mary J
Legalize it, time you recognize it

This purple haze, it make me crazy
Make me write 'nough tune, and that’s what pays me
But I'm not the only occupation
Goin' to gain, so make I give you education
When a farmer grows it he knows to close it
Economical benefit helpin' those who have it
They upon there hard jugglin
Cau the system only keep man struggling
Studyin people a use it, don’t abuse it
Cau the concentration well reputed
Dat’s why herb man them a wise one
And it found on the grave of King Solomon
And weed good for the eye sight and the chest sight
And it give enough insight, just gimme the light
And, make we blaze it, we shoulda never waste it

Again, we be burnin' not concernin' what nobody wanna say
We be earnin' dollars turning cau we mind the poor we pay
Some got gold and oil and diamonds, all we got is Mary J
Legalize it, time you recognize it

Just gimme the trees and make we smoke it yo (smoke it yo!)
It a make me please, so don’t provoke it yo (voke it yo!)
We no need no speed, so we not gon coke it yo (coke it yo!)
Set ya mind at ease, we gotta take it slow

So when ya see the S.P. floatin', don’t provoke him
Cau di weed we smokin' need for soakin'
Best thing for the meditation, and the best high-grade a Jamaican
Cau we know it is a great thing, no debatin
While them incarcerating, true them hating
Cau them don’t wanna see we a remain calm
Even though them got them siren on

Everyday, we be burnin', not concernin' what nobody wanna say
We be earnin' dollars turning cau we mind them poor we pay
Some got gold and oil and diamonds, all we got is Mary J
Legalize it, time you recognize it

Again, we be burnin', not concernin' what nobody wanna say
We be earnin' dollars turning cau we mind them poor we pay
Some got gold and oil and diamonds, all we got is Mary J
Legalize it, time you recognize it

Again, we be burnin', not concernin' what nobody wanna say
We be earnin' dollars turning cau we mind them poor we pay
Some got gold and oil and diamonds, all we got is Mary J
Legalize it, time you recognize it

A new age pro-canna song. Yay!

 

[Guest]

Yeah...I woke up this morning with the sundown shining in....

I found my mind in a brown paperbag within....

I tripped on a cloud and fell a 8 miles high...

I tore my mind on a jagged sky

I just dropped in... to see what condition my condition was in

Kenny Rogers and the first edition

Big Lebowski Soundtrack

sorry guys for the bad reception but it's a vinyl rip... you can hear the scratches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLSzY8tGIkk

Keep the line ya'll

 

[Guest]

'FISH & WHISTLE'
(by John Prine, on the 'Bruised Orange' album)
________________________

My very first job, I said 'thank you' and 'please'

They made me scrub the parking lot down on my knees

Then I got fired, for bein' scared of bees

And they only gave me fifty cents an hoooooouuuuur.
---------------------------
(chorus)
Father forgive us for what we must do

You forgive us, we'll forgive You

We'll forgive each other 'til we both turn blue

Then we'll whistle and go fishin' in Heaven
-------------------

I was in the army but I never dug a trench,

Used to bust my knuckles on a monkey wrench.

Go to town and drink, Give the girls a pinch,

But I don't think they ever really noticed me.

-----------
(Chorus)
Father forgive us for what we must do,

You forgive us, we'll forgive You.

We'll forgive each other 'til we both turn blue

Then we'll whistle and go fishin' in Heaven

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moose eater

 

[Guest]

John Prine - "John Prine" - 1971

Spanish Pipedream
© John Prine

She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol
And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal
Well she pressed her chest against me
About the time the juke box broke
Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck
And these are the words she spoke

Chorus:
Blow up your TV throw away your paper
Go to the country, build you a home
Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches
Try an find Jesus on your own

Well, I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve
Well, she danced around the bar room and she did the hoochy-coo
Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do

Repeat chorus:

Well, I was young and hungry and about to leave that place
When just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the face
I said "You must know the answer."
"She said, "No but I'll give it a try."
And to this very day we've been livin' our way
And here is the reason why

We blew up our TV threw away our paper
Went to the country, built us a home
Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches
They all found Jesus on their own

Then you can really go "FISH & WHISTLE"

Same LP

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
© John Prine

While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel.

Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.

Repeat Chorus:

Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...

"But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more."