I come home in the morning light
My mother says when you gonna live your life right
Oh mother dear we’re not the fortunate ones
And girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you’re still number one
But girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have--

That’s all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls-- they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun


from Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - as pinched from a man (Robert Hazard) and turned into an icon for feminists by Cyndi Lauper.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That’s how it goes, everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose, everybody knows

Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Knows"

Life is too short so love the one you got
Cause you might get run over or you might get shot.
Never had to battle with no bulletproof vest.
Never start no static I just get it off my (chest).
Take a small example, a tip from me...
Take all of your money and give it up to charity.
Lovin’s what I got, it’s within my reach
It all comes back to you you’re going to get what you deserve.
Try and test that, you’re bound to get served.
Love’s what I got, don’t start a riot,
You feel it when the dance gets hot.

Lovin’, is what I got, I said remember that.
Lovin’, is what I got, I said remember that.

Why I don’t cry when my dog runs away.

What I Got~Sublime

...Re-mem-mem, re-mem-mem-mem-ber oop-shoop then
Then , remember then

That night we fell in love
Beneath the stars above
That was a lovely summer night
Remember then, then, then, then, then

Summer's over
Our love is over
To lose that love was such a sin

Remember, re-mem-mem, mem-mem-mem-mem-ber
Our love is in the past
patta-past
Oh, has it gone so fast
patta-past
Why couldn't our love last?
Can't last
Wop, wop, patta patta pop-pop, shoo-wop-dah bop bop, ooh

I'm broken-hearted now
Since we have parted now
My mind wanders now and then
Remember then, then, then, then, then

The Earls (don't know who wrote it)

Hark! the herald angels sing,
Glory to the New York King.
Peace on earth and then he smiles;
Goddamn sinners reckon so.


From Hearty hairy angels sling by Monty Green

New York State of Mind

Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood
Hop a flight to Miami Beach or Hollywood.
I'm taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line
I'm in a New York state of mind.

-- Billy Joel

I hurried back to the swimming pool
Sinkin' pina coladas
I heard a dark voice beside me say
Would you like something harder
She said I've got it you want it
My harvest is the best
And if you try it you'll like it
And wallow in a Dreadlock Holiday

And I say
Don't like Jamaica oh no
I love her
Don't like Jamaica oh no
I love her oh yea
Don't you walk thru her words
You got to show some respect
Don't you walk thru her words
'Cause you ain't heard her out yet

Dreadlock Holiday 10cc

Jamaica was the lovely one, I played her well
As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell
Hiding from the children so they would not tell
We would stay there ’till her sister rang the evening bell

Jamaica, say you will
Help me find a way to fill these empty hours
Say you will come again tomorrow


Jamaica Say You Will~written by Jackson Browne, but I like the Tom Rush version better

Now they may take away your job
Take your fancy car
They may repossess your clothes, take that fine guitar
They may take everything you own
Well that's just for today
As long as you've got a song in your heart
Tomorrow's gonna be O.K.

from There Ain't Nothing Like a Song by Elvis

Because Elvis gave 'em cars
You think I'm cheap
And you're hard done by
Look-you live here like a star
Rent free suite
Big blue pool that you sun by
Trips to tropic shores
Clothes from fancy stores
You want too much
You want too badly
You want everything for nothing

The Windfall (Everything For Nothing)~Joni Mitchell

There was a problem the solution a problem again
The other side set on laissez faire
A crack in the image another form to amend
If a tree fell in the forest would anyone care?

And then it was over and done that's it
And then it was over and done that's it

The Carpal Tunnel Song~Arcwelders

> The Carpal Tunnel Song



weldone

> Carpal Tunnel

congrats, Connie!!

man i'm losing sound and sight
of all those who can tell me wrong from right
when all things beautiful and bright
sink in the night
yet there's still something in my heart
that can find a way
to make a start
to turn up the signal
wipe out the noise

wipe out the noise
wipe out the noise
you know that's it
you know that's it
you know that's it...


from Signal to Noise by Peter Gabriel

You were my first thought
First thought in the morning
Just like the last time
You were mine that night
I just can't get away
From this holiday in my heart
When we are apart
I'll send a message to your heart

First Thought Darryl and Keith Williams

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I’ll be watching you

Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I’ll be watching you

Oh, can’t you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take...


from Every Breath You Take by The Police

Star Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see
by the dawns early light

-- Old Anacreon (lyric by F.S. Key)

A butterfly that flaps its wings
Affecting almost everything
The more I hear the orchestra
The more I have something to bring
And now I see you in a beautiful
And different light...


from Savior by Red Hot CP (who are in Paris on 8th June....hmmmmmm.....)

Come my lady
Come come my lady
you're my butterfly
Sugar baby
come my lady you're my
pretty baby I'll make your legs shake
you make me go crazy

Butterfly~Crazy Town

Lady

Lady, when you're with me I'm smiling
Give me all your love
Your hands build me up when I'm sinking
Touch me and my troubles all fade
Lady, from the moment I saw you
Standing all alone
You gave all the love that I needed
So shy, like a child who has grown

'Cause you're my lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my lady

-- Styx (Written by Dennis DeYoung)

You're in luck, your cute Styx song reminded me of an early Ray Charles song forgotten by time and his movie.
Guess it and win a kiss.
_______________________________________________

Well you've heard my song (I want to know)
And my song is true (I want to know)
But just remember, baby (I want to know
I'm depending on you (I want to know)
'cause I want to know (I want to know)
I want to know right now (I want to know)
Will you stand by me?

"cause when I'm down (up, up, up)
Oh Lawd pick me up (up, up, up)
Yaaaaaaooooh, and stand by me
(OhooooooooooOh! stand...by... meeee)

"_ ____ __ ____" by Ray Charles and some girls before the advent of the Rayettes

Come on etaoin, I'll email you a little hint.

Edit: Oops. Forgot to highlight the matching words.

umm, wait, I know this one, errr, is it?

I Want to Know

huh, huh, did I get it? huh, did I?

Sorry girls, you lose, etaoin is johnny-on-the-spot with the correct answer.

Doesn't surprize, that etaoin has got a head on his shoulders
like a glass of beer which is exactly what will be waiting on him free-on-board at Faunsdale Cajun Bar and grill,
open at 3:00 in the morning during deer season.

Congratulations, etaoin.

ooh, 3:00 am, and that'll still leave me time to get to work. cool!

and I haven't forgotten your promise of a kiss, Milo.

OK, etaoin, here is your kiss

(Click on the record entitled "The Gypsy")

http://www.group-harmony.com/ink_lbls.htm

She looked at my hand and
Told me my lover was true
Yet in my heart I knew
Someone else, was was kissing you.

The Gypsy
__________The Ink Spots

thanks, milo! great stuff.

The Ink Spots were my dad's favorite group. Brings back memories. Thanks Milo!

_____________________________________________________________________


There's a somebody I'm longing to see...
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone to watch over me.




Someone to Watch Over Me
Words & Music by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin, 1929

Happy to oblige, Kelly123
My great Uncle Kenny would argue with himself long and loud about who had more panache,
the upstart Ink Spots or the Brothers Mills.

Across the alley from the Alamo
Lived a pinto pony and a Navajo
Who sang a sort of Indian "Hi-de-ho"
To the people passin' by

The pinto spent his time a-swishin' flies
And the Navajo watched the lazy skies
And very rarely did they ever rest their eyes
On the people passin' by

One day, they went a walkin' along the railroad track
They were swishin' not a-lookin' Toot! Toot!, they never came back

Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
When the summer sun decides to settle low
A fly sings an Indian "Hi-de-ho"
To the people passing by.

Across The Alley From The Alamo
___________________________________The Mills Brothers

Actually, The Mills Brothers were neck and neck with The Ink Spots now that you mention it.....and now for something completely different:


______________________________________________________________________
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon
(yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune
I'm pluckin' the ol' Dennil Floss
That's growin' on the prairie
Pluckin' the floss!
I plucked all day an' all nite an' all Afternoon...
I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
(His name is MIGHTY LITTLE)
He's a good hoss
Even though He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way I'm pluckin' the ol' Dennil Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An' ride him all along the border line
With a Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand
By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Well I might Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night
And then I'd Get a cuppa cawfee
N' give my foot a push...
Just me 'n the pymgy pony
Over the Dennil Floss Bush
N' then I might just Jumb back on
An' ride Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon


Words & Music by Frank Zappa

Say, Kelly123, will you kindly explain to the out-group what Frank Zappa meant in concocting the strange lyrics you posted above?
Thanks.

There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No I never heard them at all
'Til there was you

There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No I never saw them at all
'Til there was you

Then there was music
And wonderful roses
They tell me in sweet fragrant
Meadows of dawn and dew

There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
'Til there was you

ANITA BRYANT singing "Til There Was You"
(written by Meredith Willson)

...will you explain to the out-group what Frank Zappa meant in concocting...

Yeah, that'll happen.

*******

Dig if u will the picture Of u and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me Can u my darling
Can u picture this?

Dream if u can a courtyard An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses They feel the heat
The heat between me and u

<refrain>
How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like When doves cry

Touch if u will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase u
Even doves have pride

<refrain>, etc.

When Doves Cry - The artist currently known as "Prince".

(My apologies for the cut and pasting that retained the "u" for the word "you". I'm sure yule survive.)

Movin’ to the country,
Gonna eat a lot of peaches

Peaches come from a can,
They were put there by a man
In a factory downtown
If I had my little way,
I’d eat peaches every day
Sun-soakin’ bulges in the shade

Take a little naps where the roots all twist
Squished a rotten peach in my fist
And dreamed about you, woman,
I poked my finger down inside
Make a little room for it to hide
Nature’s candy in my hand or can or a pie

Millions of peaches, peaches for me
Millions of peaches, peaches for free

Look out!

Peaches, The Presidents of the United States

It's nature's way of telling you something's wrong
It's nature's way of telling you in a song
It's nature's way of receiving you
It's nature's way of retrieving you
It's nature's way of telling you
Something's wrong


Nature's Way ~ Randy California (Spirit)

Just a town like any other a second brand new start
A third or fourth hand wife or lover no, you won't break her heart
Take some bacon go on and leave your watch chain
She won't count on nothing more
Wrap your hands around that small change
and tiptoe barefoot out the door

Yes, something's wrong that restless feeling's been preying on my mind
When things get bad I'm bound to pack my bags and just
Leave them all behind

from Something's Wrong by James Taylor

I'm Alabamy bound
They'll be no heebie-jeebies hanging 'round
Just gave the meanest ticket man on earth
All I'm worth, to put my tootsies in an upper berth.

Just hear the choo-choo sound
I know that soon we're gonna cover ground
And then I'll holler so the world will know,
Here I go!
I'm Alabamy,
I'm Alabamy bound
(I'm gone.)

Alabamy Bound
______________Al Jolson


I'm Alabamy bound (I'm Alabamy bound)
I'm Alabamy bound (I'm Alabamy bound)
And if the train don't stop and turn around
I'm Alabamy bound (I'm Alabamy bound)

(Hair don't curl)
And your eyes ain't blue
'Cause if you don't want me, sweet Polly Ann
(Well, I don't want you)


I'm Alabamy bound
And if the train down stop and turn around
I'm Alabamy bound (I'm Alabamy bound)

Alabamy Bound
_______________________ Van Morrison (who died young)

Reasons to be cheerful part 3

Health service glasses
Gigolos and brasses
round or skinny bottoms

Take your mum to paris
lighting up the chalice
wee willy harris

Bantu Stephen Biko, listening to Rico
Harpo, Groucho, Chico

Cheddar cheese and pickle, the Vincent motorsickle
Slap and tickle
Woody Allen, Dali, Dimitri and Pasquale
balabalabala and Volare

Something nice to study, phoning up a buddy
Being in my nuddy
Saying hokey-dokey, singalonga Smokey
Coming out of chokey

John Coltrane's soprano, Adi Celentano
Bonar Colleano

Reasons to be cheerful part 3
Reasons to be cheerful part 3
Reasons to be cheerful part 3
Reasons to be cheerful part 3

1 2 3

Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3~Ian Dury and the Blockheads

I think Van Morrison would be greatly surprised to discover he died young.

Said Red Molly to James "That's a fine motorbike
A girl could feel special on any such like"
Said James to Red Molly, "Well my hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme"
And he pulled her on behind
And down to Box Hill they did ride

"1952 Vincent Black Lightning" Richard Thompson

(What, Consuelo? I thought Van Morrison died in England of a drug overdose about a year after he recorded "Light My Fire" )

I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this black-haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
I wish I was beautiful
So come dance this silence down through the morning
Cut Maria! Show me some of them Spanish dances
Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones
Believe in me
Help me believe in anything
I want to be someone who believes

Mr. Jones and me, tell each other fairy tales
Stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you. Ah, no, no, she's looking at me."
Smiling in the bright lights
Coming through in stereo
When everybody loves you, you can never be lonely

I will paint my picture
Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray
All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful
Grey is my favorite color
I felt so symbolic yesterday
If I knew Picasso
I would buy myself a gray guitar and play

Mr. Jones and me look into the future
Stare at the beautiful women
"She's looking at you.
Uh, I don't think so. She's looking at me."
Standing in the spotlight
I bought myself a gray guitar
When everybody loves me, I will never be lonely

I want to be a lion
Everybody wants to pass as cats
We all want to be big big stars, but we got different reasons for that
Believe in me, because I don't believe in anything,
and I want to be someone, to believe, to believe...

Mr. Jones and me stumbling through the barrio
Yeah we stare at the beautiful women
"She's perfect for you, Man, there's got to be somebody for me."
I want to be Bob Dylan
Mr. Jones wishes he was someone just a little more funky
When everybody loves you, son, that's just about as funky as you can be

Mr. Jones and me, staring at the video
When I look at the television, I want to see me staring right back at me
We all want to be big stars, but we don't know why and we don't know how
But when everybody loves me, I'm going to be just about as happy as can be
Mr. Jones and me,
we're
gonna
be
big
stars..

Mr. Jones
________ Counting Crows

( Sorry about the length of this song, Consue, I just couldn't cut it. )

Me and Mrs. Jones, we got a thing going on,
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong to let it cool down now.
We meet ev'ry day at the same cafe,
Six-thirty I know she'll be there,
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans
While the jukebox plays our favorite song.
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones,
Mrs. Jones got a thing going on,

Me and Mrs. Jones~Billy Paul

I'm sure you meant Jim Morrison , Milo. Here's what Van Morrison's up to.

PIANO MAN

It's nine o' clock on a saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin.
He says, "Son can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes,
But it's sad and it's sweet
And I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"

Sing us a song you're the piano man,
Sing us a song tonight.
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody.
And you've got us feelin' alright.

-- BIlly Joel

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme, to explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me (in the end)
You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter...

from A Song by Linkin Park

You turned me into an emotional prisoner
You hit me with words that cut to the bone
Then you kissed me and made me believe that
I needed you
And think I could never survive on my own

Never thought that I would break away
Now I see right through your power play
And I don't feel so helpless after all

Loving you was an endless fight
I was wrong and you were always right
But look what happened when I called
your bluff
When the truth comes out
you ain't so tough

You Ain't So Tough~Heart

It’s a matter of time 'til I
Fall in the middle of the town
There stands a tall brick wall
In the middle of a dream
Where time plays in between
The sound of lies rings funny
Against the truth

"The Sound of Lies" The Jayhawks

Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh, no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies

Little Lies~Fleetwood Mac

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes

from Lyin' Eyes by The Eagles

I guess it was when my old lady left me and she took off with a salesman guy
I started to see things so differently, cut your own slice out of the pie
Yeah I grew up and it came clear to me all the smart cops on the make
You get a silver badge not an old tin star when you're on the take
It's pimps and whores, punk gang wars, robberies and homicides
When you walk the beat with the creeps on the street, well there ain't no way to hide

~Harry Chapin, Copper

Next time you see me, things won't be the same
Yes, next time you see me, things won't be the same
And if it hurts you my darlin', you only have yourself to blame

Like a true, true sayin', all that shines is not gold
Yes, like a true, true sayin', all that shine is not gold
And like the good book says, you've got to reap 'zactly what you sow.

Well, you lied. cheated.
Uh-oh for so long
Well, you lied, cheated.
Uh-oh for so long

You're the wrong woman, baby, another queen is on your throne.

Next Time You See Me
_______________________Little Junior Parker

Maybe Milo doesn't like Harry Chapin.

Nowhere to run to, baby
Nowhere to hide
Got nowhere to run to, baby
Nowhere to hide

It's not love
I'm running from
It's the heartaches
That I know will come

'Cause I know
You're no good for me
But you`ve become
A part of me

Nowhere to Run~Martha and the Vandellas

"Maybe Milo doesn't like Harry Chapin." - Father Steve

Notso, Father Steve. I also know happy little tunes that mention
"pimps and whores, punk gang wars, robberies and homicides".
It's just that you beat me to the punch and I didn't notice. Sorry.
-----------

Feeling better, now that we're through
Feeling better, cause I'm over you
I've learned my lesson, it left a scar
Now I see how you really are

You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good (I'm gonna say it again)
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good

I broke a heart, that's gentle and true
Yes, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me

You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good (I'm gonna say it again)
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good

I'm telling you now baby now, that I'm goin my way
Forget about me baby, cause I'm leaving this day

You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good (I'm gonna say it again)
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good

You're No Good
___________________ Betty Everett

Milo ~

All is well. No problem. Try this.

"And the line was drawn for another showdown
Like they'd always seen and done
And one mans night for a drunken old time
Left a scar on another one

Going out for a night on the town
Going out to the smoke and trees
Going out for a night on the town
Going out for a look and see
Said do what your daddy told you
Well I just went out and did that
Van and Willie went out one night."

~Bruce Hornsby, A Night On The Town

Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in Texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see,
that...

Justice is the one thing you should always find
You got to saddle up your boys
You got to draw a hard line
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
Then we'll all meet back at the local saloon
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses

Beer For My Horses
_________________Keith Toby

Gunsmoke trail. Oh tell me of days gone by.
Tho' alone you still wind your way?
Are the ghostly horsemen riding,
As they speed eastern mail?
It's up to you see them through Gunsmoke trail.

The Gunsmoke has now faded from the blazing forty-fours!
The stage coach is rustin' on the hill.
The wagon wheels you used to feel, will sing their song no more!
The sound of the caravan is still! Gunsmoke trail.

No trav'ler to care where you go,
Sands of time are hidin' your way!
Bet if heaven ever let you
You could tell a rugged tale!
That's why I hate to see you fade.
Gunsmoke trail. Gunsmoke trail.

~The Theme from Gunsmoke

Shades of night are falling
As the wind be-gins to sigh
And the world's silhou-etted a-gainst the sky.

Blue Shadows on the Trail
Blue moon shinin' through the trees.
And a plain--tiff wail--- from the distance
Comes a driftin' on the evening breeze.

Move a-long, Blue Shadows, move a-long
Soon the dawn will come and you'll be on your way

Blue Shadows on the Trail~Sons of the Pioneers

The mama looked down and spit on the ground
Everytime my name gets mentioned
The papa said oy, if I get that boy
I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention
Well I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way

I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona
See you, me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
See you, me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard...

from PS's Me and Julio down by the schoolyard