Sit by my side, come as close as the air, Share in a memory of gray; And wander in my words, dream about the pictures That I play of changes.
Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall To brown and to yellow they fade. And then they have to die, trapped within the circle time parade of changes.
Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind, Visions of shadows that shine. 'Til one day I returned and found they were the Victims of the vines of changes.
The world's spinning madly, it drifts in the dark Swings through a hollow of haze, A race around the stars, a journey through The universe ablaze with changes.
Moments of magic will glow in the night All fears of the forest are gone But when the morning breaks they're swept away by Golden drops of dawn, of changes.
Passions will part to a strange melody. As fires will sometimes burn cold. Like petals in the wind, we're puppets to the silver strings of souls, of changes.
Your tears will be trembling, now we're somewhere else, One last cup of wine we will pour And I'll kiss you one more time, and leave you on the rolling river shores of changes.
"Who the hell you calling crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating Fruit Loops on your front porch..." from Suicidal Tendencies' song 'You Can't Bring Me Down' off of their 'Lights...Camera...Revolution!' album
03-07-04: Woodman From Ray Wylie Hubbard's The Messenger: "Our fears are like dragons guarding our most precious treasures." (And he's quoting the French poet Relke)
Also, from Sheryl Crow, "If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone"
Rainer Maria Rilke was born in Prague and wrote in German. It is indeed a quote from Rilke, you got that part right. One of my favorite writers - his letters are quite beautiful.
I had one that was brought to mind just the other day; a line from an XTC song:
I ask myself should I put my finger to the left, no I ask myself should I put my finger to the right, no I say it really doesn't matter where I put my finger Someone else will come along and move it And it's always been the same It's just a complicated game
"You walk down Alameda shuffling your deck of trick cards, over everyone. Like some precious, only Son- Face down, bowing to the champion." --Elliott Smith, LP Either/Or
Chocolate on my fingers, icing on my lips Sugar diabetes and blubber on my hips I keep the night light burning in the kitchen baby So I can go downstairs and cruise I got them oreo creme sandwich Chocolate covered creme filled cookie blues
For lyrics, mine is bruce springsteen's "the river". There are clever lines throughout the song but this section is my favorite: "Now all them things that seemed so important, Well mister they vanished right into the air. Now I just act like I dont remember, mary acts like she dont care. But I remember us riding in my brothers car Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir. At night on them banks Id lie awake, And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take. Now those memories come back to haunt me, they haunt me like a curse. Is a dream a lie if it dont come true, Or is it something worse...that sends me Down to the river though I know the river is dry Down to the river, my baby and i Oh down to the river we ride..."
well its all the lyrics, however I think they are great!
To the town of dreams he has come to make his mark Just a small, small fish in a pond that's full of sharks Well, it's sink or swim and if you wanna grow It's not what you do, it's just who you know So he hangs around in the clubs when the skies grow dark
At a casual glance, well, he looks real sleek Drives a foreign car 'cause that's L.A. chic If you look real close, well, his sneakers leak The L.A. Dreamer
Now he rents a place that is far from Beverly Hills And it's work all day 'cause he has to pay the bills Every night he's out down on Sunset Strip Being seen around all those clubs so hip Then it's up at eight, make it through on those magic pills
At a casual glance, well, he looks real sleek Drives a foreign car 'cause that's L.A. chic If you look real close, well, his sneakers leak The L.A. Dreamer
Standing where he can be seen Stand around for long enough and Soon he's part of the machine Of stars and bars the L.A. dreamer schemes
In a few short weeks he is seen at every place Just by hanging out everybody knows his face Oh, he comes on strong like he's real big deal Buying drinks all around, can't afford no meals Trying oh so hard to get a start in that L.A. race
At a casual glance, well, he looks real sleek Drives a foreign car 'cause that's L.A. chic If you look real close, well, his sneakers leak The L.A. Dreamer
Artist: Charlie Album: Lines Song: L.A. dreamer
only found it on LP and both copys have plenty of rice crispies
"The secret to walkin' on water is knowin' where da rocks is." --Bootsy Collins
"Hey lady, won't you be my dog And I'll be your tree And you can pee on me!" --George Clinton/Funkadelic
In its entirety: "Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement Thinking about the government The man in the trench coat Badge out, laid off Says he's got a bad cough Wants to get it paid off Look out kid It's somethin' you did God knows when But you're doin' it again You better duck down the alley way Lookin' for a new friend The man in the coon-skin cap In the big pen Wants eleven dollar bills You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot Face full of black soot Talkin' that the heat put Plants in the bed but The phone's tapped anyway Maggie says that many say They must bust in early May Orders from the D. A. Look out kid Don't matter what you did Walk on your tip toes Don't try "No Doz" Better stay away from those That carry around a fire hose Keep a clean nose Watch the plain clothes You don't need a weather man To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well Hang around a ink well Ring bell, hard to tell If anything is goin' to sell Try hard, get barred Get back, write braille Get jailed, jump bail Join the army, if you fail Look out kid You're gonna get hit But users, cheaters Six-time losers Hang around the theaters Girl by the whirlpool Lookin' for a new fool Don't follow leaders Watch the parkin' meters
Ah get born, keep warm Short pants, romance, learn to dance Get dressed, get blessed Try to be a success Please her, please him, buy gifts Don't steal, don't lift Twenty years of schoolin' And they put you on the day shift Look out kid They keep it all hid Better jump down a manhole Light yourself a candle Don't wear sandals Try to avoid the scandals Don't wanna be a bum You better chew gum The pump don't work 'Cause the vandals took the handles" --Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
And, in conclusion:
"So if you wanna burn yourself, remember that I love you. If you wanna cut yourself, remember that I love you. If you wanna kill yourself, remember that I love you. Call me up before your dead. We can make some plans instead. Send me an IM. I'll be your friend. . .
. . . They think we're disposable, while both my thumbs opposable, spelled out on a double word and triple letter score and
[we won't stop until somebody calls the cops and even then we'll start again and just pretend that nothing ever happened]
We're just dancing. We're just hugging. Singing, screaming, kissing, tugging on the sleeve of how it used to be" --Kimya Dawson, "Loose Lips"
too many "favorites" to list- what lyric that meanders around in my head today may be replaced by another tomorrow. One comes to mind that reminds me of real life: "ain't it funny how two people who suffer together have stronger connections than those who are most content..." (Brownsville Girl; Dylan)
Greg Brown has written some great lyrics. Check out his prose from the song, Whatever it Was, from Slant 6 Mind. Here's a couple of lines from that tune in case you're too lazy to use the link or don't want to read the whole thing:
Like a guy in a bra it's the idea that counts, It's a picture of a picture of a whore holding a picture of a john.
An electronic head and feet of clay, gonna be a lotta roadkill on the Information Highway, Someone stole the video of the everfresh and lovely dawn.
"Seventy-six trombones led the big parade, with one-hundred and ten cornets right behind....." Come' on guys, we all love rock and roll, but let's please give some credit to Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. They were simply wonderful together !!
Grandpa pissed his pants again, he don't give a damn, Brother Billy's got both guns drawn, ain't been right since Viet Nam. "Play It All Night Long", Warren Zevon
Her lips were waiting, her eyes were sad, The dreams of a lifetime, the year's gone bad.
Cell Lucid tenacles test 'n sleeved 'n joined 'n jointed jade pointed Diamond back patterns Neon meate dream of a octafish Artifact on rose petals 'n flesh petals 'n pots Fack 'n feast 'n tubes tubs bulbs In jest incest injest injust in feast incest 'n specks 'n spreckled spreckled Speckled speculation Fedlocks waddlin' feast Archaic faces frenzy Ceramic fists artificial deceased 'n cists rancid buds burst Dank drum 'n dung dust Meate rose 'n hairs meaty dream wet meate Limp damp rows Peeled 'n felt fields 'n belts Impaled on 'n daeman Mucus mules Twat trot tra la tra la Tra la tra la tra la Whale bone fields 'n belts Whale bone farmhouse Cavorts girdled 'n latters uh lite Cavorts girdled 'n latters uh lite Uh dipped amidst Squirmin' serum 'n semen 'n syrup 'n semen 'n serum
If I gave you everything that I owned And asked for nothing in return Would you do the same for me as I would for you Or take me for a ride And strip me of everything, including my pride But spirit is something that no one destroys
No joke, no joke, you get sick from that unspoken. Sure don't feel like love. No joke, no joke, some chicken and a corn muffin -- yeah, well, that feels more like love.
Paul Simon "Sure Don't Feel Like Love," from "Surprise," (2006).
In a previous career, I used to work for a billionaire. Some of my colleagues tried to "work" this relationship to their advantage (everything from doing personal favors to attending social events together to taking personal loans from the guy). Once he got you on that track, you were his indentured servant. So, I like this line from Kyle Davis:
"I don't want to be in service to the king, you only get to take one ride".
I also like another one from Lindsey Buckingham - presumably sung to his former "special lady", Stevie Nicks (whom he evidently doesn't like very much, anymore):
"There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ships smoke on the horizon. You are only coming through in waves. Your lips move but I cant hear what youre sayin. When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse, Out of the corner of my eye. I turned to look but it was gone. I cannot put my finger on it now. The child is grown, the dream is gone. I have become comfortably numb."
Wow, it sounds even more bleak reading it
To Express Joy -
"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"
Can't believe that girl married me to this day
Just plain wonder at the world -
"And its something quite peculiar, Something thats shimmering and white. Leads you here despite your destination, Under the milky way tonight (chorus) Under the milky way tonight"
Makes me think of the painting "Starry Night" by Van Gogh, and standing on that hill at night in Provence
"I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news, But she just smiled and turned away. I went down to the sacred store Where I�d heard the music years before, But the man there said the music wouldn�t play.
And in the streets: the children screamed, The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed. But not a word was spoken; The church bells all were broken. And the three men I admire most: The father, son, and the holy ghost, They caught the last train for the coast The day the music died."
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