Favorite song lyrics

Dan Fogelberg
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The Innocent Age

Capture the moment
Carry the day
Stay with the chase
As long as you may
Follow the dreamer,
The fool, and the sage
Back to the days of
The innocent age.
Storybook endings
Never appear
They're just someone's way of
Leading us here
Waiting for wisdom
To open the cage
We forged in the fires of
The innocent age.
Back at the start
It was easy to see
No one to own to
Nowhere to be
Deep in the heartlands
A sad memory
Calls to me.
(Calls to me)
Fretful horizons
Worrisome skies
Tearful misgivings
Burning your eyes
Yearnings unanswered
Reckon the wage you
Pay to recapture the innocent age.
Back at the start
It was easy to see
No one to own to
Nowhere to be
Deep in the heartlands
A sad memory
Calls to me.
(Calls to me)
Fretful horizons
Worrisome skies
Tearful misgivings
Burning your eyes
Yearnings unanswered
Reckon the wage you
Pay to recapture the innocent age.

Speaking of Dan Fogelberg, another one by him

Leader of the Band

A lonely child, alone and wild
a cabinet maker's son
His hands were meant for different work
and his heart was known to none
He left his home
and went his lone and solitary way
And he gave to me
a gift I know I never can repay.

A quiet man of music
denied a simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once
but his music wouldn't wait
He earned his love through discipline
a thundering velvet hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls
took me years to understand

The leader of the band is tired
and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my instrument
and his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt
to imitate the man
I'm just the living legacy
to the leader of the band.

My brother's lives were different
for they heard another call
One went to Chicago
and the other to St. Paul
And I'm in Colorado
when I'm not in some hotel
Living out this life I've chosen
And grown to know so well.

I thank you for the music
and your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom
when it came my time to go
I thank you for the kindness
and the times when you got tough
And papa I dont think I've said
I love you near enough.

The leader of the band is tired
and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my instrument
and his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt
to imitate the man
I'm just the living legacy
to the leader of the band.
I am the living legacy
to the leader of the band...

Another Linkin Park song-
my heart closely relates to their lyrics- i like them so much-

Somewhere I Belong

When this began I had nothing to say
And I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(i was confused)
And I let it all out to find that
I'm not the only person with these things in mind
(inside of me)
but all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only thing that i've got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck, hollow and alone.
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

chorus-----------------------------------------------
I want to heal, I want to heal
What iI thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain 'til it's gone)

I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
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And I've got nothing to say
I can't believe I didn't fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
looking everywhere only to find that it's
Not the way I had imagined it all in my mind.
(So what I am)
What do i have but negativity
Cause I can't justify the way everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

chorus------------------------

I will never know
Myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel
Anything else 'til my wounds are healed
I will never be
Anything 'til I break away from me
And I will break away
I'll find myself today

chorus---------------------------

I want to heal, I want to feel like
I'm somewhere I belong
I want to heal, I want to feel like
I'm somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

coldplay
Spies

i awake to find no peace of mind
i said "how do you live as a fugitive?"
down here where i cannot see so clear
i said "what do i know?"
show me the right way to go

and the spies came out of the water
and you're feeling so bad cause you know
that the spies hide out in every corner
but you can't touch them, no

cause they're all spies
they're all spies

i wake to see that no one is free
we're all fugitives
look at the way we live
down here i can not sleep from fear, no
i said "which way do i turn?"
oh, i forget everything i learn

and the spies came out of the water
and you're feeling so bad cause you know
that the spies hide out in every corner
but you can't touch them, no

cause they're all spies
they're all spies

and if we don't hide here
they're gonna find us
and if we don't hide now
they're gonna catch us where we sleep
and if we don't hide here
they're gonna find us

and the spies came out of the water
and you're feeling so good cause you know
that those spies hide out in every corner
but they can't touch you, no

they're just spies
they're just spies
they're just spies
they're just spies
they're just spies

This has been my theme song for years now. It's Jewel from her album Spirit.

Sun sets' cross the ocean
I'm a thousand miles from anywhere
My pocketbook and my heart both just got stolen
And the sun acts like she don't even care
The wind blows cold when you reach the top
It feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of my shore
I got a plastic Jesus, a cordless telephone for every corner of my room
Got everybody but you telling me what to do
But I've been down so long
Ooh, it can't be longer still
I've been down so long
that the end must be drawing near
I look to everybody but me to answer my prayers
'Til I saw an angel in a bathroom who said she saw no one worth saving anywhere
And a blind man on the corner said it's simple, like flipping a coin
Don't mater what side it lands on if it's someone else's dime
But I've been down so long
Ooh, it can't be longer still
We've been down so long
That the end must be drawing near
I take a trip, I catch a train, I catch a plane
I got a ticket in my hand
And then a man takes my money
And like cattle we all stand
But we've been down so long
Ooh, it can't be longer still
We've been down so long
The end must be . . .
I know the end must be. . .
Oh, I know the end must be drawing near
Oh the end. . .
Oh the end. . .
Oh the end. . .

Save a Prayer
By: Duran Duran

You saw me standing by the wall, corner of a main street
And the lights are flashing on your window sill
All alone ain’t much fun so you’re looking for the thrill
And you know just what it takes and where to go.

Don’t save a prayer for me now.
Save it til the morning after
No don’t say a prayer for me now.
Save it til the morning after

Feel the breeze deep on the inside look down into the well
If you can you’ll see the world in all his fire
Take a chance (like all dreamers can’t find another way.)
You don’t have to dream it all, just live a day.

(chorus)

Save it til the morning after
Save it til the morning after
Save it til the morning after....

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Pretty looking road I try to hold the rising floods that fill my skin
Don’t ask me why I’ll keep my promise I’ll melt the ice
And you wanted to dance, so I asked you to dance
But fear is in your soul,
Some people call it a one night stand, but we can call it paradise

(chorus)

Save it til the morning after
Save it til the morning after
Save it til the morning after
Save it til the morning after
Do do do do do, do do do do do do do do

Save a prayer til the morning after...
Save a prayer til the morning after...
Save a prayer til the morning after,
Save a prayer til the morning after...

Mine is a Trinity Roots track. It is all dubby, jazzy, hiphoppy, roots-y, soul. Off their album Home, Land, and Sea. It is called "All We Be".

I'll just partially quote some lyrics. To me they are so affirming and beautiful and they make me think about so many things. In NZ, there have been many cultural issues regarding possession of land and seabeds (between the Maori, who are native, and European settlers). The vocalist of Trinity Roots, Warryn, is half Maori and half European. His ideals are for unity and respect between everyone. That is one reason I have sooooo much respect for their beautiful music

The website is www.trinityroots.com. Please take the time to have a look-see

It is just ... you listen to the song and start believing in what you can do so much more. it doesn't preach or anything but it makes you feel like you have the strength to do ANYTHING. And almost asks why you haven't ... like it's been hard for our ancestors ("those who've gone before us") and they have done so much to make life easier for us ... so who are we to waste the opportunities that we have thanks to them?

okies, sorry to go ooooon about it ...

This is what I can remember of the lyrics - the CD is in my car cos at the moment I've been listening to it a lot, lol. It's kinda reggae/soul and a lil bit rocky even (this album). Hard to imagine the tune I guess

Got to be the best that we can be ... in this life
Got to be the best that we can be ... in this life ...

To doubt yourself is the path to misery ...
The world is full of possibilities
To not step up would be a tragedy
To not step up would be a tragedy
To not step up would be a tragedy

Remind yourself of those who have gone before
What price they paid to give us something more
At times this life can be harder than it seems
Let no man stand between you and your dreams
Let nothing stand between you and your dreams
Let nothing stand between you and your dreams.

Self-fulfilling prophecy that if you show complacency
That you might set your spirt free
Wasted opportunity might change the paths of destiny ...

We gotta believe in the world that we live in
We gotta believe in the gifts that we're given
We gotta stand up for the things we believe in
We gotta believe in the world that we live in
We gotta believe in the gifts that we're given
WE gotta stand up for the things we believe in ...

Got to believe in yourself ... bring the warmth of your life to fruition ...

Believe in,
believe in this life
Got to best that we can be
in this life
in this life.

I hum the words to this when things are going out of control, feeling defeated, gives me incentive to keep pusing on

(((((((((((((((( to you )))))))))))))))))

so has anyone come to this thread for a little karaoke, singing the songs you know? hahaha, i have, it's fun!

Ha! "Grandma's in the Cellar" was JUST sung on David Letterman.

This girl's obviously got highly refined taste.....

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Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide
Voices trapped in yearning, memories trapped in time
The night is my companion, and solitude my guide
Would I spend forever here and not be satisfied?

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after, I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Through this world I've stumbled
So many times betrayed
Trying to find an honest word to find
The truth enslaved
Oh you speak to me in riddles

And you speak to me in rhymes
My body aches to breathe your breath
Your words keep me alive
And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after, I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes dear

Into this night I wander
It's morning that I dread
Another day of knowing of
The path I fear to tread
Oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride
Nothing stands between us here
And I won't be denied

And I would be the one
To hold you down
Kiss you so hard
I'll take your breath away
And after, I'd wipe away the tears
Just close your eyes...

SARAH MCLACHLAN - "Possession" lyrics

The reason I love this song so much is becasue it is about a bi-polar person that commits (the S word) and their friend is singing to them. Kinda keeps me "real" as far as my condition is concerned.

Jenn

Far Behind ~ Candlebox, Candlebox 1993

Now maybe
I didn't mean to treat you bad
But I did it anyway
And now maybe
Some would say your life was sad
But you lived it anyway
And so maybe
Your friends they stand around they watch your crumble
As you falter to the ground
And then someday
Your friends they stand beside as you were flying
Oh you were flying oh so high
But them someday people look at you for what they call their own
They watch you suffer
Yeah they hear you calling home
But then some day we could take our time
To brush the leaves aside so you can reach us
But you left me far behind

Now maybe
I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
But I did it anyway
Now maybe some would say you're left with what you had
But you couldn't share the pain

No, no, no
Couldn't share the pain, they watch you suffer
Now maybe I could have made my own mistakes
But I live with what I've known
And then maybe we might share in something great
But won't you look at where we've grown
Won't you look at where we've gone
But then someday comes tomorrow holds a sense of what I feel for you in my mind
As you trip the final line
And that cold day when you lost control
Shame you left my life so soon you should have told me
But you left me far behind

Now maybe I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
But I did it anyway
Now maybe some would say you're left with what you had
But you couldn't share the pain No, no, no

Now maybe I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad
But I did it anyway
Now maybe some would say you're left with what you had
But you couldn't share the pain
I said times have changed your friends
They come and watch you crumble to the ground
They watch you suffer
Yeah, they hold you down
Hold you down
Now maybe brother, maybe love
I didn't mean to treat you bad
But you left me far behind
Left me far behind
Left me far behind

i know that Bob Dylan and i have never met, so how was he able to describe the day that i left my beloved home ,in a rental truck, with Tippy, to drive 500 miles to my new home in New Mexico..i stood in my kitchen and screamed my pain....screamed his name...and then i left.....

Standing in the Doorway~~

I'm walking through the summer nights
Jukebox playing low
Yesterday everything was going too fast
Today, it's moving too slow
I got no place left to turn
I got nothing left to burn
Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
I got nothing to go back to now

The light in this place is so bad
Making me sick in the head
All the laughter is just making me sad
The stars have turned cherry red
I'm strumming on my gay guitar
Smoking a cheap cigar
The ghost of our old love has not gone away
Don't look like it will anytime soon
You left me standing in the doorway crying
Under the midnight moon

Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't
But not tonight and it won't be here
There are things I could say but I don't
I know the mercy of God must be near
I've been riding the midnight train
Got ice water in my veins
I would be crazy if I took you back
It would go up against every rule
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
Suffering like a fool

When the last rays of daylight go down
Buddy, you'll roll no more
I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard
I wonder who they're ringing for
I know I can't win
But my heart just won't give in
Last night I danced with a stranger
But she just reminded me you were the one
You left me standing in the doorway crying
In the dark land of the sun

I'll eat when I'm hungry, drink when I'm dry
And live my life on the square
And even if the flesh falls off of my face
I know someone will be there to care
It always means so much
Even the softest touch
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation
There are no words that need to be said
You left me standing in the doorway crying
Blues wrapped around my head
Bob Dylan, 1997

Anyone heard Eddie Vedder sing this, accompanied by only guitar and mandolin???????? It's ethereal.......if a song about war can be ethereal...Bob Dylan wrote it.

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

Mama I'm Coming Home

Times have changed and times are strange
Here I come , But I ain't the same
Mama, I'm Coming Home
Times gone by seems to be
You could have been a better friend to me
Mama, I'm Coming Home
You took me in and you drove me out
Yeah, you had me hypnotized
Lost and found and turned around
By the fire in your eyes
You made me cry, you told me lies
But, I can't stand to say goodbye
Mama, I'm Coming Home
I could be right, I could be wrong
It hurts so bad, it's been so long
Mama, I'm Coming Home
Selfish love yeah we're both alone
The ride before the fall
But I'm gonna take this heart of stone
I just got to have it all
I've seen your face a hundred times
Everyday we've been apart
I don't care about the sunshine, yeah
'Cause Mama, Mama, I'm Coming Home
I'm Coming Home
You took me in and you drove me out
Yeah, you had the hypnotised
Lost and found and turned around
By the fire in your eyes
I've seen your face a thousand times
Everyday we've been apart
And I don't care about the sunshine, yeah
'Cause Mama, Mama, I'm Coming Home
I'm Coming Home

Ozzy Osbourne

excellent, Ryan...excellent. thanks.

You're most welcome Pat. I've always loved Ozzy Osbourne. I got a million good one's from him I could post.

Ry

If you bust out your million and one Ozzy's....I'm gonna have to bust out all my country LOL

Hugz and Much Love,
Jenn

(P.S. Sorry for the hi-jacking Pat )

Well then, here comes another one...

Dreamer

Gazing through the window at the world outside
Wondering will mother earth survive
Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her sometime

After all there's only just the two of us
And here we are still fighting for our lives
Watching all of history repeat itself
Time after time

I'm just a dreamer
I dream my life away
I'm just a dreamer
Who dreams of better days

I watch the sun go down like everyone of us
I'm hoping that the dawn will bring a sign
A better place for those Who will come after us ...
This time

I'm just a dreamer
I dream my life away oh yeah
I'm just a dreamer
Who dreams of better days

Your higher power may be God or Jesus Christ
It doesn't really matter much to me
Without each others help there ain't no hope for us
I'm living in a dream of fantasy
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

If only we could all just find serenity
It would be nice if we could live as one
When will all this anger, hate and biggotry ...
Be gone?

I'm just a dreamer
I dream my life away
Today
I'm just a dreamer
Who dreams of better days
Okay
I'm just a dreamer
Who's searching for the way
Today
I'm just a dreamer
Dreaming my life away
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

Ozzy Osbourne

no-hijacking....this is a music thread....

Ozzy isn't music?!? just kidding

Ry

Ozzie rocks!

Aw, look now, see what you went and made me do, Ry Man?

What A Beautiful Day

Day one, I stumbled through hello on 5th Ave
Day two, we grabbed a bite to eat
And talked all afternoon
Caught a movie on day fourteen
And day sixty-seven she said "I love you" to me

Oh, what a feelin'
What a wonderful emotion
Yeah, what a life
Counting my blessings and knowin'
Ooh, we had our ups and downs
All along the way
She had a chance to leave
But chose to stay
What a beautiful day
What a beautiful day

Day one-sixteen I asked her what she was doin'
For the rest of my life
Day one eighty- nine, oh I almost lost that girl
To my foolish pride
She said "I do"
On day four eighty-two
And gave me a son
On day seven sixty-one

Oh, what a feelin'
What a wonderful emotion
Yeah, what a life
Counting my blessings and knowin'
Ooh, we had our ups and downs
All along the way
She had a chance to leave
But chose to stay
What a beautiful day

Day eighteen thousand two hundred and fifty-three
Well, honey that's fifty years
Yeah, here's to you and me

Oh, what a feelin'
What a wonderful emotion
Yeah, what a life
Counting my blessings and knowin'
Ooh, we had our ups and downs all along the way
She had a chance to leave
But chose to stay
What a beautiful day
What a beautiful day

Day one
I thank God I said hello on 5th Ave

~~~ Chris Cagle

YOU started it Ryan!

Hugz and Much Love,
Jenn

It was just another story printed on the second page
Underneath the Tiger's football score
It said he was only eighteen, a boy about my age
They found him face down on his bedroom floor

There'll be services on Friday at the Lawrence Funeral Home
Then out on Mooresville highway, they'll lay him 'neath a stone...

How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely... and nobody know

Did his girlfriend break up with him, did he buy or steal that gun?
Did he lose a fight with drugs or alcohol?
Did his Mom and Daddy forget to say I love you son?
Did no one see the writing on the wall?

I'm not blamin' anybody, we all do the best we can
I know hindsight's 20/20, but I still don't understand...

How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely... and nobody know

It was just another story printed on the second page
Underneath the Tiger's football score...

Here's a vote for Country!

Janniebug

what is the name of it and who sings it?