Long as I remember
The rain been comin' down.
Clouds of myst'ry pourin'
Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages,
Tryin' to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder,
Who'll stop the rain.
-CCR
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.
But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.
When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.
But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.
Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away
But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart
But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
Do you spend your days counting the hours you're awake,
And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same.
It's a burden, you've been bearing
In spite of all your prayers,
As a light turns off inside your heart,
Can you remember what it's like to care?
...
So give me the drug,
Keep me alive,
Give me what's left of my life,
Don't let me go.
Pull this plug,
Let me breathe,
On my own I'm finally free,
Don't let me go.
'Cheese is the one thing that's indestructible
How much is your Blue Cross deductible?
Open your eyes to a wicked surprise
You'll lose your mind if you just step inside
They say even Bambi was corruptible
The flu's coming, yes are you susceptible?
If only traces of lead were detectable
Open your brain to a new kind of pain
Just step inside and we'll all go insane
Please put your thoughts inside a receptacle
You are not one of us
Your pipes are leaking
You are an ocelot
But what are you seeking?'
-The Dead Milkmen
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
Out of luck and out of tune
Half a day and I'm confused
Love may wash away the bruise
But I still ain't over you
Damn the day that I forgot
Came so close and almost lost
It's been one year and fourteen months
But I still ain't over you
Hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
On the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry
Back and forth and side to side
Right ain't wrong if wrong ain't right
I will love you day and night
'Cause I still ain't over you
Hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
On the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry
'Cause when the walls come crashing in
When flames come coasting in
Just remember time again
I still ain't over you
Oh hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
'Cause on the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry
I thought I knew you
But I was in for a suprise
I let my love flow
From my heart into your eyes
And then I found out
That there was nothing
I could know
Or guess about you
You'd go as far as you could go
And it took me years
to figure out
That there was nothing
I could give to you
Years to figure out
That there was nothing
You would take from me
And how can I describe
The way you slowly put
My hope away
And all of the time
I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you
But I wasn't even close
-Matthew Sweet
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
Hey I think this is getting to me
First class living in a goldfish bowl
Just when i think
I have driven my life
Where I wanted it to be
It takes me to a place
That I do not want to go
All I ever wanted to do
Was to learn how to break
This world in two
To teach it all the tricks
I wanted it to learn
To teach it how to do
What I want it to do
No one really understands
How simple and plain
And predictable I am
Because all I ever wanted to do
Was to play guitar
In a rock and roll band
Now I'm just losing my hair and I'm
Learning how to smile
Like I just don't care
No I just don't care
(I hear them under their breath)
No, I just don't care
(What they say when they think that I can't hear them)
I see them point and I see them stare
There goes that stupid guy
With the short blonde hair
-EverClear
Granted I don't have short blonde hair right now......
Your mind and your experience call to me
You have lived and your intelligence is sexy
I want to know what you got to say
I can tell you taste like the sky
cause you look like rain
You look like rain
-Morphine
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
Am I loud and clear or am I breaking up?
Am I still your charm or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
You say forever
And I confess I shiver
You say hope
I say that's where I'm goin'
To be in the shade
The oldest trees above my head
When I'm away, I know in my heart
There is a heaven
- Toadies
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
I awake to find the devil
Sitting near my bed.
We have a conversation
...........he says:
Good morning mr. cut-throat
These are most exciting times
We are surrounded by fools and crooks,
Strangers that give us dirty looks,
So many different people to despise
'Well I'm loaded and ready
Calmly holding steady
Looking for a sign to show me when
Well I'm waiting and willing
The clarity is chilling
But I'm not turning back
And neither can you
I need someone to pull the trigger
'cause there's a hole in my heart getting bigger
And everything I'll ever be I've been
And I need someone to pull the trigger
So if you're what I think you'll be
If you're who I think I see -- shoot
So hold me and love me
Tie me up and drug me
'cause I'm not gonna beg you for my life'
-Matthew Sweet
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
If you hold her up be sure to help her down
If you burn it up you’ll take the ashes to the ground
If you grow it up keep its roots deep, deep down
If you set it up be sure to set it down
Searching, searching for close
Closeness to the people that I love the most
I feel you, in everything I do
Everything I do comes back to you
There are spirits of evil and grace
Intrusion of mind intrusion of space
I’m sorry because everything I do
Everything I do comes back to you
I feel you in everything I do
Because everything I do comes back to you
-Xavier Rudd
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
'I, I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air.....
.....Close my eyes
Shes somehow closer now
Softly smile, I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world'
-the beach boys
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
'He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her if he couldve.
The storys getting closer to the end.
He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her if he couldve.
Hed rather be alone than pretend.'
-lemonheads
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
"I only see myself reflected in your eyes
So all that I believe I am essentially are lies
And everything I've hoped to be or ever thought I was
Died with your belief in me so who the hell am I?
...
I stare into this mirror
So tired of this life
If only you would speak to me or care if I'm alive
Once I swore I would die for you
But I never meant it like this
I never meant like this
no i never meant like this
You say forever
And I confess I shiver
You say hope
I say that's where I'm goin'
To be in the shade
The oldest trees above my head
When I'm away, I know in my heart
There is a heaven
- Toadies
GREAT song
1996: Toronto
1998: Barrie
2000: Saratoga Springs
2003: Buffalo, Toronto
2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
2006: Toronto x2, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Gorge #1
2007: London, Dusseldorf, Vic, Lolla
2008: WPB, Tampa, DC, MSG x2, Hartford, Boston x2, Beacon
2009: Toronto, Chicago x2, Seattle x2, LA #3&4, San Diego, Philly x4
2010: Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford
2011: Montreal, Toronto x2, Hamilton
2012: Missoula
2013: London, Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hartford, Dallas, OKC
'I'm a spy in the house of love
I know the dream, that you're dreamin' of
I know the word that you long to hear
I know your deepest, secret fear '
-the doors
"I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
Comments
The rain been comin' down.
Clouds of myst'ry pourin'
Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages,
Tryin' to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder,
Who'll stop the rain.
-CCR
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.
But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.
When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.
But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.
Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away
But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart
But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
And when night covers the sky you find yourself doing the same.
It's a burden, you've been bearing
In spite of all your prayers,
As a light turns off inside your heart,
Can you remember what it's like to care?
...
So give me the drug,
Keep me alive,
Give me what's left of my life,
Don't let me go.
Pull this plug,
Let me breathe,
On my own I'm finally free,
Don't let me go.
we can dream this night away.'
-NY
For a beautiful day'
-KOL
How much is your Blue Cross deductible?
Open your eyes to a wicked surprise
You'll lose your mind if you just step inside
They say even Bambi was corruptible
The flu's coming, yes are you susceptible?
If only traces of lead were detectable
Open your brain to a new kind of pain
Just step inside and we'll all go insane
Please put your thoughts inside a receptacle
You are not one of us
Your pipes are leaking
You are an ocelot
But what are you seeking?'
-The Dead Milkmen
Half a day and I'm confused
Love may wash away the bruise
But I still ain't over you
Damn the day that I forgot
Came so close and almost lost
It's been one year and fourteen months
But I still ain't over you
Hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
On the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry
Back and forth and side to side
Right ain't wrong if wrong ain't right
I will love you day and night
'Cause I still ain't over you
Hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
On the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry
'Cause when the walls come crashing in
When flames come coasting in
Just remember time again
I still ain't over you
Oh hey, I'm the blood in your veins
I'm a colding rain
Love you hard when it rains
Time, no it ain't all aside
'Cause on the truth she lies
Love your tear when you cry
-Augustana
But I was in for a suprise
I let my love flow
From my heart into your eyes
And then I found out
That there was nothing
I could know
Or guess about you
You'd go as far as you could go
And it took me years
to figure out
That there was nothing
I could give to you
Years to figure out
That there was nothing
You would take from me
And how can I describe
The way you slowly put
My hope away
And all of the time
I thought I knew you
I thought I knew you
But I wasn't even close
-Matthew Sweet
First class living in a goldfish bowl
Just when i think
I have driven my life
Where I wanted it to be
It takes me to a place
That I do not want to go
All I ever wanted to do
Was to learn how to break
This world in two
To teach it all the tricks
I wanted it to learn
To teach it how to do
What I want it to do
No one really understands
How simple and plain
And predictable I am
Because all I ever wanted to do
Was to play guitar
In a rock and roll band
Now I'm just losing my hair and I'm
Learning how to smile
Like I just don't care
No I just don't care
(I hear them under their breath)
No, I just don't care
(What they say when they think that I can't hear them)
I see them point and I see them stare
There goes that stupid guy
With the short blonde hair
-EverClear
Granted I don't have short blonde hair right now......
"the waiting drove me mad!"
-PJ
You can never know
Just where to put all your faith
And how will it grow
Gonna rise up
Burning back holes in dark memories
Gonna rise up
Turning mistakes into gold
Such is the passage of time
Too fast to fold
And suddenly swallowed by signs
Low and behold
Gonna rise up
Find my direction magnetically
Gonna rise up
Throw down my ace in the hole
-EV
You have lived and your intelligence is sexy
I want to know what you got to say
I can tell you taste like the sky
cause you look like rain
You look like rain
-Morphine
I hear you laugh so loudly while I patiently await the joke
I don't want to wait a lifetime
Yours or mine, yours or mine
Can't you see me reaching for the lifeline?
The lifeline, the lifeline
It's a crime with only victims
We're all laid out in a row
It's hardest to listen to what we already should know
- MR. BEN 'BADASS' HARPER
Am I still your charm or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
TM.
And I confess I shiver
You say hope
I say that's where I'm goin'
To be in the shade
The oldest trees above my head
When I'm away, I know in my heart
There is a heaven
- Toadies
Hidden in her words and eyes
There's a wall that's cold and ugly
And she's scared as hell
Trembling at the thought of feeling
Wide awake and keeping distance
Nothing seems to penetrate her
'Cause she's scared as hell
I am frightened too
I am frightened too
I am scared like you
I am frightened
-Tool
'Wide awake and
Keeping distance from my soul
Wide awake and
Keeping distance from my soul'
Sitting near my bed.
We have a conversation
...........he says:
Good morning mr. cut-throat
These are most exciting times
We are surrounded by fools and crooks,
Strangers that give us dirty looks,
So many different people to despise
-Duncan Sheik
Lingers long on love street
- the doors
Lightning in my bones
Push me to the edge
But my will is stone
Fools will be fools
And wise will be wise
But i will look this world
Straight in the eyes
What good is a man
Who won't take a stand
What good is a cynic
With no better plan
Reality is sharp
It cuts at me like a knife
Everyone i know
Is in the fight of their life
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
Ben Harper--"Better Way"
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-fiona apple
Calmly holding steady
Looking for a sign to show me when
Well I'm waiting and willing
The clarity is chilling
But I'm not turning back
And neither can you
I need someone to pull the trigger
'cause there's a hole in my heart getting bigger
And everything I'll ever be I've been
And I need someone to pull the trigger
So if you're what I think you'll be
If you're who I think I see -- shoot
So hold me and love me
Tie me up and drug me
'cause I'm not gonna beg you for my life'
-Matthew Sweet
Any change comes as a relief
Let the givers name remain unspoken
She is just a generous thief'
-BEN
and all she does is stare at you
her stare is louder than your voice
because truth doesn't make a noise
-The White Stripes
www.cluthelee.com
www.cluthe.com
If you burn it up you’ll take the ashes to the ground
If you grow it up keep its roots deep, deep down
If you set it up be sure to set it down
Searching, searching for close
Closeness to the people that I love the most
I feel you, in everything I do
Everything I do comes back to you
There are spirits of evil and grace
Intrusion of mind intrusion of space
I’m sorry because everything I do
Everything I do comes back to you
I feel you in everything I do
Because everything I do comes back to you
-Xavier Rudd
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air.....
.....Close my eyes
Shes somehow closer now
Softly smile, I know she must be kind
When I look in her eyes
She goes with me to a blossom world'
-the beach boys
The storys getting closer to the end.
He kinda shoulda sorta woulda loved her if he couldve.
Hed rather be alone than pretend.'
-lemonheads
So all that I believe I am essentially are lies
And everything I've hoped to be or ever thought I was
Died with your belief in me so who the hell am I?
...
I stare into this mirror
So tired of this life
If only you would speak to me or care if I'm alive
Once I swore I would die for you
But I never meant it like this
I never meant like this
no i never meant like this
- stabbing westward, shame
There are men high up there fishing
Haven't seen quite enough of the world.
I ain't seen a sign of my heroes
And I'm still diving down for pearls.
O let me flow into the ocean,
Let me get back to the sea.
Let me be stormy and let me be calm,
Let the tide in and set me free.
I'm flowing under bridges,
Then flying through the sky,
I'm traveling down cold metal,
Just a tear in baby's eye.
Let me flow into the ocean
Let me get back to the sea.
Let me be stormy and let me be calm,
Let the tide in, rush over me.
I am not the actor
This can't be the scene
But I am in the water
As far as I can see. . . .
I'm remembering distant memories,
Recalling other names.
Rippling over canyons,
And boiling in the trains.
Let me flow into the ocean,
Let me get back to the sea.
Let me be stormy and let me be calm,
Let the tide in and set me free.
Set me free. . . .
I want to drown in your sweet sweet love. . . .
Pete Townshend
I know the dream, that you're dreamin' of
I know the word that you long to hear
I know your deepest, secret fear '
-the doors