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#64663 04/09/2002 1:35 PM
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Time to start a new thread, folks. We left off with Hev...

You think you're untouchable
You know
No one's untouchable
You're bound to lose the game
There's no one else to blame

Untouchable - Garbage

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You better think (think) think about what you're trying to do to me
Yeah, think (think, think), let your mind go, let yourself be free

Oh freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom), freedom, yeah freedom
Freedom (freedom), freedom (freedom), freedom, oh freedom!

Aretha Franklin

This one's for musick, Jake and Ellwood

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Many a mile to freedom
Many a smile to tell
I've got the bluebird to sing
From the heart of a wishing well.

If you should ask me to give you
The reason for life as we know
Then together we flow like a river
Together we melt like the snow.


Many A Mile to Freedom, Traffic (from the low spark of high-heeled boys, one of the greatest albums ever recorded!)

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#64666 04/09/2002 3:28 PM
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When I and you first got together it was on a Friday night.
We spent two lovely hours together and the world knows it was alright.

But I'm just begging you Baby,
Please cut out that off-the-wall jive.
You got to treat me better, 'cause if you don't it's gonna be your funeral and my trial
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Your Funeral and My Trial (verse two)
~Sonny Boy~


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In Scarlet town where I was born,
There was a fair maid dwellin'
Made every youth cry Well-a-day,
Her name was Barb'ra Allen.

All in the merry month of May,
When green buds they were swellin'
Young Willie Grove on his death-bed lay,
For love of Barb'ra Allen.

traditional

for all of you who have never heard it sung,
[url]www.contemplator.com/folk2/brballen.html[/ur]
is one version midi file


#64668 04/09/2002 3:37 PM
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There's a big dilemma
'Bout my Big Leg Emma, uh-huh, oh yeah
She used to knock me out
Until her face broke out



Big Leg Emma, by Frank Zappa

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I thought love was more or less a givin' thing
It seems the more I gave, the less I got
Love was out to get me, that's the way it seems
Disappointment haunted all my dreams
And then I saw her face

"I'm a Believer", The Monkees


#64670 04/09/2002 9:31 PM
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I've known of your
Your secluded nights
I've even seen her
Maybe once or twice
But is her sweet expression
Worth more than my love and affection ?
But this time before you leave my arms
And rush of to her charms
(Think it over) Haven't I been good to you ?
(Think it over) Haven't I been sweet to you ?

Stop! In The Name Of Love
(Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Edward Holland, Jr.)


#64671 04/09/2002 10:00 PM
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Nights in white satin
Never reaching their end
Letters I've written
Never meaning to send

Nights in White Satin, The Moody Blues

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#64672 04/09/2002 10:07 PM
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I want to have fun, I want to shine like the sun
I want to be the one that you want to see
I want to knit you a sweater
Want to write you a love letter
I want to make you feel better
I want to make you feel free

All I Want - Joni Mitchell


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#64673 04/09/2002 10:09 PM
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Well, is it nights or is it you?



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I wanna be the one
The one who makes you feel something real
The one and only one
The one who gets down deep - plays for keeps
I wanna be the one
The one who talks it through - listens to you
Please let me be the one
The one who truly knows you - just let me show you

"I Want To Be The One"
~~Lonestar


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"Don't love me for fun, girl
Let me be the one, girl
Love me for a reason
Let the reason be love"

Donny et al


#64676 04/09/2002 11:14 PM
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If I listened long enough to you
I'd find a way to believe that it's all true
Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried
Still I look to find a reason to believe

A Reason to Believe, Rod Stewart


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#64677 04/09/2002 11:38 PM
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They told me what you'd do
If I ever stayed with you
They told me that you'd laugh
While I cried
They told me what you'd say
That you'd turn and walk away
And find another place to play
While I cried

"While I Cry"
~~The Monkeys




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Slip inside the eye of your mind
Don't you know you might find
A better place to play


Don't look back in anger - Oasis (Gallagher)

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Apples peaches pumpkin pie
Who's afraid to holler I?
That's a game we used to play.
Hide and seek was its name.
Oh ready or not, hear I come,
Gee that used to be such fun.

Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie - Jay and the Techniques, 1967



#64680 04/10/2002 12:23 AM
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Good sense, innocence, cripplin' mankind
Dead kings, many things I can't define
Occasions, persuasions clutter your mind
Incense and peppermints, the color of time

Who cares what games we choose?
Little to win but nothin' to lose

Incense and peppermints, meaningless nouns
Turn on, tune in, turn your eyes around

Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock

Post-edit-Oh oh, looks like I'm flirting with a food thread!

#64681 04/10/2002 1:03 PM
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To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep


Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
The Byrds
words adapted from the Book of Ecclesiastes by Pete Seeger
music by Pete Seeger


#64682 04/10/2002 2:53 PM
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Tramps like us,
Baby we we're born to run!

Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen (The Boss) GET OFF THE TURNPIKE!®


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#64683 04/10/2002 4:01 PM
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... Three months later I'm a girl in trouble
and I haven't seen him for a while
No I haven't seen him for a while oh oh

(chorus) Gypsies, tramps, and thieves
You hear it from the people of the town
They call us gypsies, tramps, and thieves,...

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher




#64684 04/10/2002 9:03 PM
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Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another
Right now

Right Now
Cheryl Wheeler, Chet Powers



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You just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on


Lean on Me, by Bill Withers

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#64686 04/10/2002 11:11 PM
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[Christian sings:]
His eyes upon your face
His hand upon your hand
His lips caress your skin
IT'S MORE THAN I CAN STAND!

Moulin Rouge
soundtrack lyrics


Ewan McGregor, Jose Feliciano and Jacek Koman - Le Tango De Roxanne



#64687 04/10/2002 11:41 PM
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I can't stand it.
You're fooling around, I can't stand it.
You're running around, I can't stand it.
You're fooling around with my heart.

I Can't Stand It - Eric Clapton


#64688 04/11/2002 12:47 AM
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And the circles
they go 'round and 'round,
and the painted ponies, they go up and down,
we're captured on the carousel of time.
We can't return, we can only look
behind from where we came,
and go 'round and 'round and 'round
in the Circle Game.

The Circle Game, Joni Mitchell (what a song!)

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#64689 04/11/2002 1:18 PM
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... cotton candy, carousels and calliopes
And the whole world's quickly turning
Turning, turning so you can't see
We're on a carousel, a crazy carousel ...

"Carousel" - Jacques Brel
(but I can't remember the first word of the line!!)



#64690 04/11/2002 1:50 PM
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but I can't remember the first word of the line!!

"Carnivals," I think.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

He's got the sun and the rain in his hands,
He's got the moon and the stars in his hands,
He's got the wind and the clouds in his hands,
He's got the whole world in his hands.

-- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, Traditional?



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I have been to the mountains, and I've been in the wind
I've been in and out of happiness
I have dined with kings
I've been offered wings
But I've never been too impressed

"Love in Vain", Bob Dylan

and, yes, Sparteye, you are right about carnivals - thanks!


#64692 04/11/2002 2:35 PM
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I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing:
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race

That's Life, Frank Sinatra


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#64693 04/11/2002 3:50 PM
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I'm gonna crawl up to yo'window,
I'm gonna crawl up to yo' doo'.
I'm just gone keep on crawlin'
til I crawl upon yo' flo',

'cause I'm a crawlin' King snake, and I rule my den.
Don't you hang around my mate, I'm gonna use her for myself.


Crawling King Snake, -Lightning Slim.

( I can't help it, I've run out of show tunes)


#64694 04/11/2002 4:25 PM
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Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.

--Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends; Phil Ochs

[Edit: This particular verse revfers to the Kitty Genovese stabbing in New York City.]

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(Is it legal to move from window to another window? Can't remember the rules!)

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?


Eleanor Rigby
Lennon/McCartney



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Clang, clang go those jail guitar doors
Bang, bang go those boots on the floor
Cry, cry for your lonely mother's son
Clang, clang go those jail guitar doors

"Jail Guitar Doors", The Clash


#64697 04/11/2002 8:28 PM
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No, no, no, no I don't smoke it no more,
I'm tired of waking up on de floor.
No thank you please,
It only makes me sneeze,
And then it makes it hard to find de door.

The No No Song, Ringo Starr

(dedicated to CapK's cake recipe! )

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You wouldn't believe the number of times I've heard somebody say
How come some guy, some handsome prince, hasn't swept you away
But I take off on that tour bus, a different city every night
And doing what I love to do makes it hard to be a wife

"Hard to be a Husband/Hard to be a Wife"
~~Brad Paisley and Chely Wright


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I'm sitting in the railway station,
Got a ticket for my destination.
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand,
And ev'ry stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band.
Homeward bound,
I wish I was,
Homeward bound,

Paul Simon, 1965


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You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore hi, byb!
Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer
Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina

-- Glenn Miller; Chattanooga Choo-Choo




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Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina
In the morning
No one could be sweeter than my sweetie when I meet her
In the morning

Carolina In the Morning
~~American Classic?



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Ladies and Gentleman -the great and never late.....
-//[Elder Ray Charles]

Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know,
She is my baby and she lives next do'
In the morning when the >sun< comes up,
she brings me coffee in my favorite cup.


Hallelujah, I Just Love Her So -Ray Charles


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