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#64663 04/09/02 01:35 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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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]
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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


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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.)


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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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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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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


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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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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"
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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



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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!

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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


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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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... 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




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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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[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



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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


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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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... 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!!)



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but I can't remember the first word of the line!!

"Carnivals," I think.

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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!


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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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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)


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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


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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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Let me tell you 'bout the birds and the bees
and the flowers and the trees,
the moon up above, and the thing called love.

The Birds and the Bees
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let the good times roll

let them knock you around

let the good times roll

let them make you a clown

let them leave you up in the air

let them brush your rock and roll hair

let the good times roll

let the good times roll

let the good times roll

let the stories be cold

they can say what they want

let the photos be old

let them show what they want

if the illusion is real

let them give you a ride

if they got thunder appeal

let them be on your side

Good Times Roll - The Cars



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C'mon baby, let the good times roll
C'mon baby, let me thrill your soul
C'mon baby you're the best there is,
Roll all night long.

C'Mon Baby, Let the Good Times Roll
~~Leonard Lee


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Got scars and designs and holes in my mind
and the cameras begin to roll
We're gonna save up time, build up our minds
and then we're gonna save your soul

"Topanga Canyon Freaks", Steve Wynn
from "Here Come the Miracles" CD


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boronia, the rhythm for your first line immedately triggered this:
[OK, so the link with "your" is pretty weak, I admit. But it isp food related! ]

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore

That's Amore - Dean Martin





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the rhythm for your first line immedately triggered this
really? wow! the lines actually sound quite different from each other

Come see me you can heal me
Turn your head back to the moon
You know you don't have to act so quiet
This is a house not a home

"A House is Not a Home", The Charlatans UK


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[Doctor:]

He seems to be completely unreceptive.
The tests I gave him show no sense at all.
His eyes react to light the dials detect it.
He hears but cannot answer to your call.

[Tommy:]

See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.


"Go To The Mirror Boy"
~~The Who (from Tommy)



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Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand
I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can


Doctor my Eyes, by Jackson Browne


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I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight as you stopped to say hello
You wished me well
You couldn't tell that I've been crying over you, crying over you
And you said "So long"
Left me standing all alone, alone and crying, crying, crying, crying

"Crying"
~~Roy Orbison
~~Don McLean


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To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
oohh the rhythm of the night... we can leave them all behind... ( well la la la la la la...)


Rhythm of the Night
Valeria


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~~Ah yes, Angel,
What is it about Roy Orbison's voice that captivates? Unfortuntely his song reminded me of the song below that only three people yet alive will remember. But I liked it, and will honor it -with the boards kind acquiescence -here and now...


You went away and left me.
You left me all alone.
To do a thing like that. Your heart must be made of stone.

I did every thing I could. I tried to treat you right.
I worked hard every day, and I loved you every night.
Still you went away and left me, you left me all alone.
To do a thing like that, your heart must be made of stone.

Your Heart (must be made of stone) -Clarence Jr. Lewis

Now I feel better
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Post Edit: Please forgive me everyone. I selfishly tried to use this board to purge the deep hurt of thirty years past. Thank you Wordwind for jumping ahead of me. I feel better already. Who knows? Maybe by tommorrow, or the next day, or one day after that, I will be able to wipe away the tears and smile and post as a happy man -once again.


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My mama told me, she said, "Son, please beware"
"There's this thing called love and it's everywhere"
She told me, "It can break your heart and leave you in misery"
And since I met this little woman,
I feel it's happening to me, and I'm tellin' you

It's too late to turn back now
I believe, I believe, I believe I'm fallin' in love
It's too late to turn back now
I believe, I believe, I believe I'm falling in love

To Late To Turn Back Now - The Cornelious Brothers


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I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Red Rubber Ball
( The Cyrkle )


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252 posts. Is this a record?

Heck. It's not even a song


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Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight (Celebrate good times, come on!)
'Cause everything's gonna be all right
Let's celebrate (Celebrate good times, come on)
(Let's celebrate)...


Celebrate
~~Kool and the Gang


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Sat on the roof
And I kicked off the moss
Well some of the verses well
They got me quite cross
But the sun's been kind
While I wrote this song
It's for people like you that
Keep it turned on


Ewan MacGregor - Your Song


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Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, [di-di-dah-dah] here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
-- Here Comes the Sun; [George Harr-i-son] here comes the sun
And I say it's all right


For all the good times, thank you George.


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(Oh, you can depend on me)
Over and over, over and over
(Oh, and I intend to be)
I'm the one who always makes you laugh until you cry
And you can call on me until the day you die

Years may come and go,
Here's one thing I know...
All my life, you're a friend of mine.

You're a Friend of Mine, Michael McDonald & Clarence Clemmons


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There are places I remember all my life,
Though some have changed,
Some forever, not for better,
Some have gone and some remain.

In My Life
~~John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Edit: I originally listed the name of this song as All My Life but have changed it to the correct In My Life. Thanks Fiberbabe for the PM!

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Officer Krupke
We're down on our knees
'Cause no one wants a fella
With a social disease
Dear Officer Krupke
What are we to do?
Gee, Officer Krupke
Krup you!

Gee, Officer Krupke from "West Side Story"
by Stephen Soldheim


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I saw him today, I saw his face
It was a face I loved and I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray
That they'd go away
But still they begin, needles and pins
Because of all my pride
The tears I gotta hide

NEEDLES AND PINS
(Jack Nitzche - Sonny Bono)
JACKIE DeSHANNON (LIBERTY 55563, 1963)



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I'm a walkin' in the rain
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Wishin' you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder
Why
Ah-why-why-why-why-why she ran away
And I wonder where she will stay
My little runaway, run-run-run-run-runaway

"Runaway"
~~Del Shannon


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Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

Rhythm of the Rain
The Cascades What else!



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Did anyone notice that Angel follwed a song by Jackie DeShannon with one by Del Shannon? Well done, gal!


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Day after day, alone on a hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he's just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning round.


The Fool On The Hill
The Beatles


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What goes up must come down
Spinnin'
wheel got to go 'round]
Talkin' 'bout your troubles it's a cryin' sin
Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel spin

You got no money and you got no home
Spinnin' wheel all alone
Talkin' 'bout your troubles and you never learn
Ride a painted pony let the spinnin' wheel turn

"Spinning Wheel"
~~Blood, Sweat and Tears


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Ain't got no home.
No place to roam.
I'm a lonely boy, ain't got no home.
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I've got a voice, r
I love to sing i
I sing like a g and I sing like a
FROG.
I'm a lonely man, ain't got no home.
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo, etc.

Ain't Got No Home -Clarence (Frogman) Henry


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I ain't got no home, I'm just a ramblin' around
A hard working ramblin' man, I go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever I may go
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I was farmin' on the shares and always I was poor
My crops I laid into the banker's door
And my wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I AIN'T GOT NO HOME
(Woody Guthrie/Woody Guthrie)




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My father was a gambler down in Georgia
And he wound up out in the wrong in Alabam’
I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Rollin’ down Highway 41.

Lord I was born a ramblin’ man
Tryin to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can
When it’s time for leavin’ I hope you’ll understand
That I was born a ramblin’ man.

"Ramblin' Man"
~~The Allman Brothers Band



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I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler,
I'm a long way from home,
and them that don't like me can leave me alone.
I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when I'm dry,
and if the moonshine don't kill me,
I'll live 'til I die.

Moonshine, oh moonshine!
Oh how I love thee,
Ye killed my old father,but ah you try me.

Irish traditional..


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Johnny Angel, how I love him
He's got something that I can't resist
But he doesn't even know that I-I-I exist

Johnny Angel, how I want him
How I tingle when he passes by
Every time he says "Hello" my heart begins to fly

"Johnny Angel"
~~Shelly Fabares


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Big an fat and broad and ugly, the girl from Possum Hollow goes walking
and as she passes each guy she passes goes "Blah".

Homer and Jethro (parody of "The girl from Ipanema")


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My doll is as dainty as a sparrow
Her figure is something to applaud
Where she's narrow she's as narrow as an arrow
And she's broad where a broad should be broad

Honey Bun--from "South Pacific"
by Oscar Hammerstein



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You got to try a little kindness
Yes show a little kindness
Just shine your light for everyone to see
And if you try a little kindness
Then you'll overlook the blindness
Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets

"Try a Little Kindness"
~~Glen Campbell


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If you're ever down in Houston
Boy, you better walk right
And you better not squabble
And you better not fight

Bason and Brock will arrest you
Payton and Boone will take you down
You can bet your bottom dollar
That you're Sugar Land bound

Let the Midnight Special
Shine the light on me
Let the Midnight Special
Shine the ever-lovin' light on me

Ledbetter from "Midnight Special"
Ledbetter(pronounced Leadbelly) was famous black blues singer from the 30's.
Edited-- see post below--

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Houston, Houston means that I'm one day closer to you
Oh honey, Houston, Houston means the last day of the tour and we're through
Well honey, you and God in heaven above know I love what I do (for a living I do)
Oh, but Houston, Houston means that I'm one day closer to you.

"Houston"
~~Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers

Edit: Sorry WO'N...gotcha by 45 seconds!
2nd Edit: Oh, Milum!!!!!!! We won't even talk about the 11 minutes 50 seconds it took you!


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Bell bottom blues, you made me cry.
I don't want to lose this feeling.
And if I could choose a place to die
It would be in your arms.

Bell Bottom Blues, His Bluesness, Eric Clapton


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Of course of troy, I thought that was Ledbetter to Leadbelly. Was I wrong?

You better be careful Boy
About what you say or do
That unseeing eye just keeps on watching you.

Seems
like you don't care
about places you go
Seems
like you don't care
about the people you see
Seems
like like you don't care what you say or do
But that unseeing eye is Watching yoou.
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UNSEEING EYE - Sonny Boy

POST EDIT: Administrator! Administrator!
Jackie, My Angel has fallen and I am unhappy with my Epeolatrist. Both of them jumped ahead of me. I wasn't being slow either, I was just trying to make my post look nice. Thank you for helping. -mw


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Faith is never lost, sometimes it's hard to find
Sometimes she prays aloud
It helps her ease her mind
If she could...just touch their wing
If she could just hear them sing...then there's...

One white feather from the sky
There's an Angel watching you
Yes, there's one white feather from above
There's an Angel watching you

"There's an Angel Watching You"
~~written by Barry Goldstein
~~sung by Fella

Edit: Yeah! I finally linked to your lyrics Milum! [big kiss-e]

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Well it's too bad, and it's too sad,
But I'm in love with you ...
You love me, then you snub me.
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Well, I guess I'll never see the light.
I get the blues most every night,
Since I fell for you ...


Since I Fell For You

written by Buddy Johnson
lyrics here from a hit-version by Lenny Welch (1967)
also recorded by many others including Louis Armstrong and B.B. King


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it was a cut and paste and then i just copied again.. hadn't noticed, but yes, i think you're write.. haste makes waste..but now.. we can have even more fun..
for the most part, this has been a flat thread.. now you, Angel and WO'N have given us three forks.. we could be come multi threaded. so i could relpy to all three of you..
(well, i couldn't but someone could!)


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I said you, you’re always gonna hurt me,
I said you’re always gonna let me down,
I said everywhere, every day, every day
And every way, every way.
Ah honey won’t you hold on to what’s gonna move.
I said it’s gonna disappear when you turn your back.
I said you know it ain’t gonna be there
When you wanna reach out and grab on.

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama, Janis Joplin, for those of you who might need a last name here


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Now if you feel that you can't go on (can't go on)
Because all of your hope is gone (all your hope is gone)
And your life is filled with much confusion (much confusion)
Until happiness is just an illusion (happiness is just an illusion)
And your world around is crumbling down, darlin
reach out come on girl reach on out for me
reach out reach out for me
I'll be there with a love that will shelter you
I'll be there with a love that will see you through

"Reach Out, I'll Be There"
The Four Tops

whatta song!



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I gave my love a cherry that had no stone;
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone;
I gave my love a ring that had no end;
I gave my love a baby with no cryin'.


Folk song from Kentucky

There are other versions of this folk song. One has the third line: "I gave my love a story that had no end."


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Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Mama's going to buy you a mockingbird.
And if that mockingbird don't sing,
Mama's going to buy you a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama's going to buy you a looking glass.

"Hush Little Baby"
~~Traditional Lullaby



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This Diamond Ring
Who wants to bu-u-uy this diamond ri-i-i-ing?
She took it off her finger, now it doesn't mean a thi-i-i-ng
This diamond ring doesn't shine for me anymore
And this diamond ring doesn't mean what it meant before
So if you've got someone whose love is tru-u-ue
Let it shine for yo-ou-ou

This stone is genuine like love should be-e-e-e
And if your baby's truer than my baby was to me-e-e-e
This diamond ring can mean something beautiful
And this diamond ring can mean dreams that are coming true
And then your heart won't have to break like mine did
If there's love behind it


Artists: Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Peak chart position # 1 in 1965
Written by Al Kooper, Irwin Levine and Bob Brass


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I found my girl
I'll tell the world
That heaven is missing an angel
My dreams came true (came true, came true)
When I found you
Yes heaven (heaven) is missing (missing) an angel (angel)

Not a day goes by
That I don't thank God for you
He blessed me with my angel
Though I don't deserve you
Before I met you girl
Lonely was my best friend
Now that you are in my life
I am stronger within

"Heaven's Missing An Angel"
written by Christopher A. Stewart, Sean K. Hall, Sam Salter & Tab




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Oooo you make me live
Whatever this world can’t give to me
You, you’re all I see
Oooo you make me live now honey

Aww, you’re the best friend
That I’ve ever had
I’ve been with you such a long time
You’re my sunshine
And I want you to know that my feelings are true
I really love you.

You're my best friend
- Queen -



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In the rain, the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever

"On My Own"
from Les Miserables



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I run for the bus dear
While riding I think of us dear
I say a little prayer for you

At work I just take time
And all through my break
I say a little prayer for you

Forever and ever you’ll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever we never will part
Oh how I love you
Together Forever
That’s how it must be
To live without you
Would only be heartbreak for me

I say a little prayer for you
- Dionne Warwick -




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While I'm far away from you my baby
I know it's hard for you my baby
Because it's hard for me my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn

Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love

"Dedicated to the One I Love"
~~The Shirelles in 1959
~~Linda Rondstadt in 1996

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It's been a hard day's night,
And I've been workin' like a dog,
It's been a hard day's night,
I should be sleeping' like a log.


A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles

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Angel:

Here's another version of this lullaby:

Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Mama goin' to buy you a mockin' bird.
If that mockin' bird don't sing,
Mama goin' to buy you a diamond ring.
If that diamond ring get broke,
Mama goin' to buy you a billy goat.
If that billy goat fall down,
Mama's li'l baby's the sweetest in town.

from "Lullabies and night songs"


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Thanks Paulb, never did I think I could work in my favorite goat song. This is the only song that Sonny Boy Williamson ever wrote about the Civil Right's movement.

THE GOAT >Sonny Boy<

There was an animal, they called the goat
He butted his way, onto the Supreme Court
So let him go, please, please, let him go
'cause he's worked so hard,
we can't use him in our Court no mo'

The medicine doctor bought the billy goat
Had a big stage show
the billy goat got mad and knocked him down,
and on some flo'

'bout that time the High Sheriff
happened to be caming along,
and caught the billy goat eating up, the ole farmers corn
The High Sheriff carried the billy goatto the county jail,
but the Desk Sargent said "I'll go his bail!"

So let him go. Please please, let him go
'cause he worked so hard we can't use him in our court no mo'


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Stagger Lee met Billy and they got down to gamblin'
Stagger Lee throwed seven, and Billy said that he throwed eight
Then Billy said "Hey Stagger, I'm gonna make my big attack
I'm gonna have to leave my knife in your back"

"Wrong'em Boyo" - The Clash (can anyone tell yet that they're my favourite band?)


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Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear
And he shows them, pearly white
Just a jack knife has Macheath, dear
And he keeps it out of sight

When the shark bites with his teeth, dear
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears Macheath, dear
So there not a trace of red

Written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht



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Born a natural loser -- can't recall just where
Raised on brew and poker and a dollar here and there
Blackjack hand, dealer man, you better pay off that last bet
Two-bit hand, a 21 is all I ever get

Go down gamblin', say it when you're runnin' low
Go down gamblin' -- you may never have to go

Down in a crap game, I've been losin' at roulette
Cards are bound to break me, but I ain't busted yet
'Cause I've been called a natural lover by that lady over there
Honey, I'm just a natural gambler but I try to do my share

Go Down Gamblin', Blood, Sweat & Tears


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I would never be able to forgive myself if I didn't cross thread this one!

Lookin out on the morning rain
(Ah-ooo)
I used to feel so uninspired
(Ah-ooo)
And when I knew I had to face another day
(Ah-ooo)
Lord it made me feel so tired
Before the day I met you
Life was so unkind
But your love the key to my piece of mind

Cause you make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel
Like a natural woman (woman)

"A Natural Woman"
~~the queen of soul........Aretha Franklin


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