What are your favourite SONG LYRICS?

[orechron]

I just discovered Yeasayer in the past few years. This song just struck a chord in me while I was sleeping in a tent guarding my dope grow, dreaming about a simpler life of farming.

"2080"

I can't sleep when I think about the times we're living in
I can't sleep when I think about the future I was born into
Outsiders dressed up like Sunday morning
With no Berlin wall what the hell you gonna do

It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound

If you find me I'll be sitting by the water fountain
Picket signs, letdowns, meltdown on Monday morning
But it's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
'Cause in no time, they'll be gone, I guess I'll still be standing here

It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound

Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah, you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests

Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah, you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests

It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
In 2080 I'll surely be dead
So don't look ahead, ever look ahead
It's a new year, I'm glad to be here
It's a fresh spring, so let's sing
And the moon shines bright on the water tonight
So we won't drown in the summer sound

Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah, you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests

Yeah, yeah, we can all grab at the chance to be handsome farmers
Yeah, you can have twenty-one sons and be blood when they marry my daughters
And the pain that we left at the station will stay in a jar behind us
We can pickle the pain into blue ribbon winners at county contests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olzw8qi6Ptw

 

[Genghis Kush]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhpSOvp28wE


One, two
A one, two, three K

I'm gonna go out dancin' every night
I'm gonna see all the city lights
I'll do everything silver and gold
I got to hurry up before I grow too old

I'm gonna take a trip around the world
I'm gonna kiss all the pretty girls
I'll do everything silver and gold
And I got to hurry up before I grow too old

Oh, I do a lotta things, I know is wrong
Hope I'm forgiven before I'm gone
It'll take a lotta prayers to save my soul
And I got to hurry up before I grow too old

I'm gonna take a trip around the world
Gonna kiss all the pretty girls
Who do everything silver and gold
And I got to hurry up before I grow too old

Heh, I'm gonna go out dancin' every night
I'm gonna see all your city lights
I'm gonna do everything silver and gold
And I got to hurry up before I grow too old



Joe Strummer

 

[Cannabis]

James Taylor's Greatest Hits: Something In The Way She Moves

There's something in
the way she moves,

or looks my way,

or calls my name..

That seems to leave this troubled world behind.

If I'm feeling down and blue,

or troubled by, some foolish game-

Wel' she always seems to make me change my mind.

And I feel fine,
anytime,

she's around me now;

...she's around me now,

almost all the time;

and if I'm well, you can tell,

that -

she's been with me, now..

An' she's been with me, now,

quite a long long

time,

and,

I feel fine.

....
....

Every now and then,
the things I lean on, lose their meaning:
and I find myself,
careening,

int'uh places, where I should not,
let me go,
oh,

she has the power to go-
where no one else can find me-
yes and to silently, remind me,

of the happiness,
and good times,
that I know,
oh,

Well I said,
I just got to know them-

It isn't what she's got to say,
or how she thinks, or where she's been:
to me,

the words are nice,
the way they sound.

I like to hear them best that way.,

It doesn't much matter what they mean

well she says them mostly just to calm me down

An' I feel fine, any time,
she's around me now;
and she's around me now,
almost all the time,

and if I'm well, you can tell,
that she's been with me now;
and she's been with me, now,
quite a long,

long,

time,
yes and I feel fine...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9d6eJ3l8Ys

 

[Genghis Kush]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKCwI0k7Vwo&index=4&list=PLRS_kOElLK0z-7eEKXrwqcbg2WiPpK_2O

Burning Lights

Some dreams are made for children
But most grow old with us
And when the air can hope to hold on
And to the ground from dust to rust.

Burning lights in the desert
Such a sign only you would know
Your running tyres, they're out of pressure
Such a sign only you would know

And I've been a long haul driver
Moving things but the cops don't know
Now I can see the writing
You are the last of the buffalo

Burning lights in the desert
Such a sign only you would know
Your running tyres, they're out of pressure
Such a sign only you would know.

Now I've been to California
And I've been to New South Wales
Sometimes I, I pull over
When I realise I've left no trace

Burning lights in the desert
Such a sign only you would know
Your running tyres, they're out of pressure
Such a sign only you would know.

Joe Strummer

 

[Stoner4Life]

I bought the album 'Electric Warrior' by T.Rex when it first came out, many years later I bought a fresh copy & told my gf Nancy that she should listen to the song 'Lean Woman Blues'

aww crap, the heat that followed me thereafter from her made me sorry that I'd ever met her


Lean Woman Blues:

Lean love
All you give to me
Is lean love
I'm like a beggar in the sand
With the sky in his hand
And I'm blue

Black day
All you give to me
Are your wild ways
When you're the love of my life
And when you gorge me with a knife
And I'm blue

Lightening
All the heavy world
Is frightening
I'm like a child in the sand
On the beach of the land of you
And I'm blue



I guess I was fortunate that Nancy was going out with me, she had so many guys trying to romance her in those days, but she always seemed to be holding back, not giving 100% when appropriate


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[geneva_sativa]

https://youtu.be/n2MtEsrcTTs

Neil Young Harvest Moon

 

[geneva_sativa]

https://youtu.be/CEvsDuJYEnI

V. Morrison Into the Mystic

 

[geneva_sativa]

https://youtu.be/bDRbF80NKDU

Brook Benton- Rainy Night in Georgia

 

[WelderDan]

My music tastes are far ranging and varied. I've been digging on Steve 'N' Seagulls Bluegrass cover of Thunderstruck by AC/DC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

 

[chris harris]

Awesome cover of AC/DC.
This here always make me laugh. I hope I got the link right.
https://youtu.be/CwilMJciurg

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XxsasUHzaQ

Manhattan Transfer – Java Jive

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (boy!)

I love java, sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto, I'm a coffee pot
Shoot the pot and I'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Oh slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
And I'll cut a rug just snug in a jug
A sliced up onion and a raw one
Draw one -
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Boston bean (soy beans)
Green bean (cabbage and greens)
I'm not keen about a bean
Unless it is a chili chili bean (boy!)

I love java sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto I'm a coffee pot (yeah)
Shoot me the pot and I'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup (yeah)

Slip me a slug of the wonderful mug
'an I'll cut a rug just as snug in a jug
Drop a nickel in the pot joe
Takin' it slow
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy!

I saw this great singing group with an 18 piece brass band at an Art Deco department store called 'Biba' in West Kensington in London, when I was just 15......it was a VERY classy gig, and I loved it....Ahhh what hamonies.

BTW, This is an 'Ink Spots' cover above, and here is the 'Ink Spots' original version, listen to both, and let me know which you prefer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I3_suZ4h2U

 

[geneva_sativa]

" . . . so old man river. . . don't cry for me. . . I've got a running stream, of love you see "

https://youtu.be/VuAXl1LYY6o

 

[geneva_sativa]

" no more internal power struggle. . . we come together, to overcome the lickle trouble. . .

soon we'll find out who is the real revolutionary, cause I don't want my people to be contrary. . .

to divide and rule, could only tear us apart. . . in every man chest, there beats a heart "

https://youtu.be/hUNQ_cmISVk

 

[CosmicCharlie]

Althea by the Grateful Dead

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2_Mdc_NfI


I told Althea I was feeling lost
Lacking in some direction
Althea told me upon scrutiny
That my back might need protection
I told Althea that treachery
Was tearing me limb from limb
Althea told me, now cool down boy
Settle back easy, Jim

You may be Saturday's child all grown
Moving with a pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
Or just another pretty face
You may be the fate of Ophelia
Sleeping and perchance to dream
Honest to the point of recklessness
Self-centred to the extreme

Ain't nobody messin' with you but you
Your friends are getting most concerned
Loose with the truth, maybe its your fire
Baby I hope you don't get burned
When the smoke has cleared, she said
That's what she said to me
You're gonna want a bed to lay your head
And a little sympathy

There are things you can replace
And others you cannot
The time has come to weigh those things
This space is gettin' hot
You know this space is gettin' hot

I told Althea, I'm a roving sign
That I was born to be a bachelor
Althea told me, OK that's fine
So now I'm trying to catch her
Can't talk to you without talking to me
We're guilty of the same old things
Thinking a lot about less and less
And forgetting the love we bring

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaQ3_msIxEs

Manhattan Transfer; 'That Cat is High'

That Cat Is High
That cat is high
Look at that look in his eye
On man he's high
The cats higher than a kite (2x)

When you see him stumblin'
Up and down the street
You know that cat's been drinkin'
Got no shoes upon his feet

Man he's high
I said that cat is high
Yes he's high
Man he's higher than a kite

That cat is high
Look at that look in his eye
You know I wouldn't lie
That cat is higher than a kite

Boys he's high
Oh look at them two black eyes
Oh me oh my
That cat is higher than the sky

When you see him tippin'
Round and round the block
Oh you know that cat he's very beat
Hip clean down to his socks

That cat is high
Look at that look in his eye
Oh me oh my
That cat is higher than the sky
Yeah!

(Instrumental)

When you see him stumblin'
Up and down the street
You know that cat's been drinkin'
Got no shoes upon his feet

Man he's high
Yes he's high
My oh my
The cat's higher than a kite

He's high (That cat is high)
So high (That cat is high)
My my (Oh man he's high)
He's high (He's high)

That cat is high
That cat is high
Oh man he's high

I want the home cookin' mama w/ the fryin' pan!
Well I know that cat is high!
Hee hee -- yeah!

....and here is the original version by The Ink Spots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCMxGHEm_6I

One of the very early reefer songs, and a loverly one too!

 

[Genghis Kush]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sje2VYw99A

"Óró Sé do Bheatha ‘Bhaile"


Sé do bheatha, a bhean ba léanmhar,
Do b' é ár gcreach thú bheith i ngéibheann,
Do dhúiche bhreá i seilbh méirleach,
Is tú díolta leis na Gallaibh.

Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile,
Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile,
Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.

Tá Gráinne Mhaol ag teacht thar sáile,
Óglaigh armtha léi mar gharda,
Gaeil iad féin is ní Frainc ná Spáinnigh,
Is cuirfidh siad ruaig ar Ghallaibh.

Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, (x3)
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.

A bhuí le Rí na bhFeart go bhfeiceam,
Mura mbeam beo ina dhiaidh ach seachtain,
Gráinne Mhaol agus míle gaiscíoch,
Ag fógairt fáin ar Ghallaibh.

Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, (x3)
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.


Welcome oh woman who was so afflicted,
It was our ruin that you were in bondage,
Our fine land in the possession of thieves...
And you sold to the foreigners!

Oh-ro You're welcome home,
Oh-ro You're welcome home,
Oh-ro You're welcome home...
Now that summer's coming!

Gráinne O'Malley is coming over the sea,
Armed warriors along with her as her guard,
They are Gaels, not French nor Spanish...
And they will rout the foreigners!

Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3)
Now that summer's coming!

May it please the King of Miracles that we might see,
Although we may live for a week once after,
Gráinne Mhaol and a thousand warriors...
Dispersing the foreigners!

Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3)
Now that summer's coming!

 

[Genghis Kush]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I-Xwxbm4vs

Irish Ways

Once upon a time there were
Irish Ways and Irish Laws
Villages of Irish blood
Waking to the morning
Waking to the morning

Then the Vikings came around (1)
Turned us up and turned us down
Started building boats and towns
They tried to change our living
tried to change our living

Cromwell and his soldiers came (2)
Started centuries of shame
But they could not make us turn (3)
We are a river flowing
We're a river flowing

Again, again the soldiers came
Burnt our houses stole our grain
Shot the farmers in their fields
Working for livings
Working for a living

800 years we have been down (4)
The secret of the water sound
Has kept the spirit of a man
Above the pain descending
Above the pain descending

Today the struggle carries on
I wonder will I live so long
To see the gates being opened up (5)
To a people and their freedom
A people and their freedom

Once upon a time there was
Irish Ways and Irish Laws
Villages of Irish blood
Waking to the morning
Waking to the morning

by John Gibbs

 

[[omerta]]

Guru - Karma (Come Back Round) (feat. Adam F & Carl Thomas)

Woooohoooo hoooooo hoooooooo yeah!

[Guru]
Huh huh ha Adam F on the track
Speak guru representn'
Yeah! Carl Thomas
Everybody wants to be somebody you know
Just be yourself man, stop trying to be like everybody else
Frontn' like you got this and got that
Yeah it's not about the material things
They don't rule my world, do they rule yours?
I feel sorry for you done, but for real
There's a lot of grimy cats out there that will wyle out on you
That's why you gotta stay on point
Be aware of what's goin' on and hold it down, from us to you...

[Carl Thomas]
As ya world goes up and down (oh yeah!)
Karma comes back around (comes back around yeah!)
Don't you know that your gettn' what you put in the ground
(Don't you know that your gettn' what you puttn' in the ground)
Just be good to yourself cause you know that you always...

[Guru]
Everybody wants a baller life
Everybody wants a fly car, nice crib and all tha ice
When they see me in the street, they wanna call the vice
Get on some landlord shit and turn out all the lights
I'm like the toll that you should've paid
You said you had the Mac, why you should of spree'd!
What happened to the chicks and the chips you bragged about?
What happened to the guns and the clips you bragged about?
I heard about they stomped you, and beat you, and dragged you out
You said they heard they got me, and that I doubt!
Street smarts and most y'all punks ya need heart
My peoples get busy for real soon as the beef starts
Wanna learn some more about me
Your sure to see I'm a stand up guy wit maturity
And during this speech I'm always willin' reach
I love my peeps that are still in the streets.

[Carl Thomas]
[Chorus:]
As ya world goes up and down...(as ya world goes up and down)
Karma comes back around...(Don't ya know that the karma comes back on around)
Don't you know that you getn what your put in the ground
(don't you know that gettn' what ya puttn' in the ground)
Just be good to your self 'cause you know that your always...

[Guru]
Everybody wants the wealth and fame
But nobody wants to hustle and the struggle
Just to earn themselves a name, its like they want it all instantly
And since I know what really goes on son I think differently
I always to try to keep my fam tight even if we don't hang out no more
Ya still my man aiight, see money changes many things
You go from just gettn' by to shopping spree's buying everything
The guard came up hard straight out the boulevard
I pull your card get in your skin like a bullet scar
I'm holding the weight controlling your fate
Cos you didn't play the game by the rules ya know its too late
You tried to hop the fence on false pretence that's nonsense
You know we cut off our weak links
And during this speech I'm always willing to reach
I love my peeps that are still in the streets

[Chorus]

[Carl Thomas]
Back to life...(back to life)...back to reality...(ooohhhh!)
Cant stay up all day...(ooohhh NO! no no)...Now some time...(some time)
To take the initiative you'll be back one day...(one day! ohh)

[Guru]
Everybody wants to be the boss
Everybody wants the spotlight but don't wanna pay the cost
Me I give a kid direction if he says he's lost,
Some suckers want attention That's why they love to floss
But me I don't care about that there
You say you from the hood, you can't go back there
The same crooks you see coming up you'll see going down
Take that look off your face you know what's going down
We about to strip you of ya stripes you little ass wipe
About to take over your spot uh huh that's right!
Ya more bogus than a three dollar bill
Pop ya crisp rock ya wrists yeah y'all is mad ill
But ya sleepn' didn't see the wolves creepn'
Gettn' took for ya goodies for no apparent reason
And during this speech I'm willin' to reach
All of my peeps that are still in the streets.

[chorus]

[Carl Thomas sings till he fades out]

 

[Hermanthegerman]

Little Story behind, I had a friend in childhood and early youth, we shared a lot of adventures. Our ways seperated, he drank a lot and made a lot of bullshit, was in jail. I found my wife and other friends, started to work. Before 6 weeks he died. And my song for him was since 1979,:

The Clash - Stay Free


We met when we were in school
Never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools
The teacher says we're dumb
We're only having fun
We piss on everyone
In the classroom
When we got thrown out I left without much fuss
An' weekends we'd go dancing
Down Streatham on the bus
You always made me laugh
Got me in bad fights
Play me pool all night
Smokin' menthol
I practiced daily in my room
You were down the crown planning your next move
Go on a nicking spree
Hit the wrong guy
Each of you get three
Years in Brixton
I did my very best to write
How was butlins?
Were the screws too tight?
When you lot get out
Were gonna hit the town
We'll burn it fuckin' down
To a cinder
'Cause years have passed and things have changed
And I move anyway I want to go
I'll never forget the feeling I got
When I heard that you'd got home
An' I'll never forget the smile on my face
'Cause I knew where you would be
An' if you're in the crown tonight
Have a drink on me
But go easy...step lightly...stay free

 

[Hermanthegerman]

Johnny Cash - I still miss someone


At my door the leaves are falling
A cold wild wind will come
Sweethearts walk by together
And I still miss someone
I go out on a party
And look for a little fun
But I find a darkened corner
'Cause I still miss someone
Oh, no I never got over those blue eyes
I see them every where
I miss those arms that held me
When all the love was there
I wonder if she's sorry
For leavin' what we'd begun
There's someone for me somewhere
And I still miss someone

(So short and simple as true)