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Ledbetterman10

I blow my load, over the status quo, here we go. 

vito

"Pyramid Song"

I jumped in the river and what did I see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cars
All the things I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

I jumped into the river
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moon full of stars and astral cars
And all the things I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt

There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt 

vito

Wilco- I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART

I am an American aquarium drinker
I assassin down the avenue
I'm hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?

Let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning
Let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers
This is not a joke, so please stop smiling
What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt?

I want to glide through those brown eyes dreaming
Take it from the inside, baby hold on tight
You were so right when you said that I've been drinking
What was I thinking when I said good night?

I want to hold you in the Bible-black predawn
You're quite a quiet domino, bury me now
Take off your Band-Aid because I don't believe in touchdowns
What was I thinking when I said hello?

I'd always thought that if I held you tightly
You'd always love me like you did back then
Then I fell asleep and the city kept blinking
What was I thinking when I let you back in?

I am trying to break your heart
I am trying to break your heart
But still I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy
I am trying to break your heart

Disposable Dixie-cup drinking
I assassin down the avenue
I'm hiding out in the big city blinking
What was I thinking when I let go of you?

Loves you
I'm the man who loves you

cutz

True story:

https://youtu.be/9vST6hVRj2A

tempo_n_groove

"We chew and spit you out,
We laugh you scream and shout,
All flee with fear you run,
You'll know just where we come from,
Damage Incorporated, GO"

23scidoo

And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been

vito

Paint a picture visions only grey
Light your pillow. Lay back. Watch the flames.
I'll tell a story but no one would listen that long.

It's hard to imagine. It's hard to imagine.

vito

And take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time,
Far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted frightened trees,
Out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky
With one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea,
Circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate,
Driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

23scidoo

A figure exotic who loves to travel

in the moonlight blooms again

for1 all his life he spent

Passionately looking for another2

 

I remember, as a child he laughed and said,

juggling on the seat of his bike:

"The world we'll bring to our measures

before he3 brings us at his"

 

But the world moves on without asking us

shut down roads, thieves and cops

love your cell, they told him, and then

out there he was even more lonely but he still laughed

 

A drunken night he got mad

journals he burns and diplomas

At dawn he embarks on a pirate's ship

for his life's direction4

 

Algier, Alexandria, South Africa

in Amsterdam two terminals and something

loves slid amid his eyes

like the foam at the sailor's fingers

 

In Porto Rico reckless years

and his heart's he scattered the cards

in basements dark and suspicion

as if he was looking for the light in the snuff

 

Some warm night in a blues-bar

he heard his music out of tune

the bosses threw him in the streets

the spots when they saw on his body

 

And Sylvia who passionately loved him

was never missing from his side

furiously5 asking for his hug,

his hell and his heaven

 

He sailed of a night with a full moon

and in his letter he wrote to me:

"It was worth it my friend to exist for a dream

even if its fire is to burn you"

 

The year have passed and now I can't recall

Ernest was his name or Nikos?

And also forgive that I forgot

if he was lost in Mets or Porto Rico

 

As for me I'm always here

with your eyes fire as my flag

it's beautiful tonight that we met

I like it when we're sailing together

pjhawks

in honor of Father's day

"oh dear dad
can you see me now?
I am myself
like you somehow"

goldrush

I've been listening to this one a lot recently.
Joseph Arthur, 'Travel As Equals'

In the dark of grave yard chatter
In the light of freedoms call
In the heat of any matter
We travel as equals or not at all

Bloom disgust and class divide
I saw it written on the wall
The only way we can survive
We travel as equals or not at all

You can't be in greater comfort
As my pain prevents your fall
The truth will come and tell us brother
We travel as equals or not at all

And when we get to where we're going
Past the divide past the stall
Past the wind that's always blowing
Travel as equals or not at all

In your way
You found a way, free
In your way
You found a way, follow me
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up to your destiny
In your way
You found a way, free

And you might have a greater income
Or you might be dumb and dull
But either way I won't leave you
Travel as equals or not at all

So help me too, in my slumber
If I'm blind in madness hall
If I'm deaf amongst the thunder
Travel as equals or not at all

Lift the way, forget the ransom
Free the chain and kick the ball
Let our love take us higher
Travel as equals or not at all

And down the road and through the sky
And on the tracks, hear the gull
Fly above us, without worry
Travel as equals or not at all

I hope your road takes you homeward
And may you always outrun the law
If I'm with you we will always
Travel as equals or not at all

Yes if I'm with you we will always
Travel as equals or not at all
Yes if I'm with you we will always
Travel as equals or not at all

In your way
You found a way, free
In your way
You found a way, follow me
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up to your destiny
In your way
You found a way, free

In the dark of grave yard chatter
In the light of freedoms call
In the heat of any matter
We travel as equals or not at all

Bloom disgust and class divide
I saw it written on the wall
The only way we can survive
We travel as equals or not at all

The only way we can survive
We travel as equals or not at all
The only way we can survive
We travel as equals or not at all

In your way
You found a way, free
In your way
You found a way, follow me
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up to your destiny
In your way
You found a way, free
In your way
You found a way, free
In your way
You found a way, free

vito

Astral Weeks

If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dream
Where immobile steel rims crack
And the ditch in the back roads stop
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
To be born again
From the far side of the ocean
If I put the wheels in motion
And I stand with my arms behind me
And I'm pushin' on the door
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
To be born again
There you go
Standin' with the look of avarice
Talkin' to Huddie Ledbetter
Showin' pictures on the wall
Whisperin' in the hall
And pointin' a finger at me
There you go, there you go
Standin' in the sun darlin'
With your arms behind you
And your eyes before
There you go
Takin' good care of your boy
Seein' that he's got clean clothes
Puttin' on his little red shoes
I see you know he's got clean clothes
A-puttin' on his little red shoes
A-pointin' a finger at me
And here I am
Standing in your sad arrest
Trying to do my very best
Lookin' straight at you
Comin' through, darlin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dreams
Where immobile steel rims crack
And the ditch in the back roads stop
Could you find me
Would you kiss-a my eyes
Lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
To be born again
To be born again
In another world
In another world
In another time
Got a home on high
Ain't nothing but a stranger in this world
I'm nothing but a stranger in this world
I got a home on high
In another land
So far away
So far away
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
In another time
In another place
In another time
In another place
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
We are goin' up to heaven
We are goin' to heaven
In another time
In another place
In another time
In another place
In another face

Meltdown99

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
And I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
It rode us all the way to New Orleans

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
We sang every song that driver knew

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free, no no
And, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
You know, feelin' good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun
There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather, through…

kris kristofferson

Meltdown99

Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots
And ruined your black tie affair
The last one to know
The last one to show
I was the last one you thought you'd see there
And I saw the surprise
And the fear in his eyes
When I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you
Said "honey, we may be through"
But you'll never hear me complain

'Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh, I've got friends in low places

Well, I guess I was wrong
I just don't belong
But then, I've been there before
Everything's all right
I'll just say goodnight
And I'll show myself to the door
Hey, I didn't mean
To cause a big scene
Just give me an hour and…

g under p

One

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame

You say one love, one life (One life)
It's one need in the night
One love (one love), get to share it
Leaves you darling, if you don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without

Well it's too late, tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to carry each other
Carry each other

One, one
One, one
One, one
One, one

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head
Well, did I ask too much, more than a lot?
You gave me nothing, now it's all I got
We're one,…

Peace

23scidoo

And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full
I've travelled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption

I planned each chartered course
Each careful step along the by-way
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out

I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed, and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside
I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels

The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way

Yes, it was my way

mfc2006

I appear Missing by QOTSA & Torch Committe by Josh Ritter are some of my favorites these days.

Pap

I don't know anything... I question everything...

helplessdancer

john m says it does "it" to him every single times he sings it.

Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come
Since I first left home

23scidoo

My young love said to me "My mother won't mind
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind"
And she laid her hand on me and this she did say
"Oh, it will not be long, love, till our wedding-day"

And she went away from me and moved through the fair
And fondly I watched her move here and move there
And then she went onward, just one star awake
Like the swan in the evening moves over the lake

Last night she came to me, my dead love came in
So softly she came that her feet made no din
And she laid her hand on me and this she did say
"Oh, it will not be long, love, till our wedding-day"

Loujoe

^what's that from. Sad, sweet, beautiful. Almost guess Tom waits. But maybe too sweet for him.

23scidoo

Loujoe said:

^what's that from. Sad, sweet, beautiful. Almost guess Tom waits. But maybe too sweet for him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Moved_Through_the_Fair

Loujoe

Nice thanks

dankind

Oh my Marys
Never wonder
Night is shelter
For nudity's shiver

All now with wings

23scidoo

Loujoe said:

Nice thanks

My favourite version is from Marianne Faithful and her live album Blazing Away..

23scidoo

Then she drew the curtains down

And said, "When will you ever learn
That what happens there beyond the glass
Is simply none of your concern?
God has given you but one heart
You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers

And God don't care for your benevolence
Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others
Nor does he care for you to sit
At windows in judgement of the world He created
While sorrows pile up around you
Ugly, useless and over-inflated"..

23scidoo

''Reality is sharp
It cuts at me like a knife
Everyone I know
Is in the fight of their life
And I believe in a better way

Take your face out of your hands
And clear your eyes
You have a right to your dreams
And don't be denied
I believe in a better way''

GlowGirl

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the songI'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

23scidoo

Lyrics: Nikos Kavvadias

Seven. It drags you to the left, don't stress it. The lot can fit in an empty palm.
You resemble closed chambers, you smell of land. The littlest one is making echoing sounds with a cane.
 Sim polishes the two legs of the engine.
 Rec oils the steering wheel when need arises.
With a feather Gobby exorcises the malaria And the bow-legged Haram is making pies.
 From the bow they jump all the way to the crow's nest.
-Can I ever deny you a favor? Young blond and blue-eyed woman who always wondered Whose king's son shall drink her from a glass.
 Cross-eyed Raman, you loonatic, that solve spells, manage the cross-shaped star of the north like heap to crash and scatter to the scuttles, and tell it to bring me below a tree.
 Tot is missing a hand but he is always spinning, so as to provide habiliments for this incredible bunch.
Esther, which biblical intoxication are you spreading as you pass? Ruth, you don't speak? Why are we two hundred staggering?
 Deaf Salah is sweaping the deck. -With a scraper take the ship's paint off of me.
But there is something deeper that stains me. -Son, where are you going? Mother I'm off to sail.
 And so, along with the seven we descent. With the rain, with the weather that rules us.
Your eyes sustain a sea, i remember... The latter lulls me with a flute.
 Deaf Salah is sweaping the deck. -With a scraper take the ship's paint off of me.
But there is something deeper that stains me. -Son, where are you going? Mother I'm off to sail.