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On the day I was born The nurses all gathered 'round And they gazed in wide wonder At the joy they had found The head nurse spoke up And she said leave this one alone She could tell right away That I was bad to the bone --George Thorogood and the Destroyers, "Bad to the Bone"
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"99 red balloons. floating in the summer sky. Panic bells, it's red alert. There's something here from somewhere else. The war machine springs to life. Opens up one eager eye. Focusing it on the sky. Where 99 red balloons go by."
-- "99 Red Balloons" by Nena (originally produced in German)
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In the neon wilderness and the asphalt jungle He carries his cross of passion Through the wreckage and the rumble
In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky Then he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote And said don't let the rapture Don't let the rapture pass you by
"Soap Box Preacher," Robbie Robertson from the album Storyville
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS: I can't sing the praises of this album highly enough. Very rich, very cool, very touching without sentimentality. Robertson, a Native Canadian who was the guitarist for Bob Dylan's backup group (The Band), tells the story of a innocent, small-town young man's descent into the seedier side of New Orleans. It's set in the Storyville red-light district of New Orleans, back about a hundred years ago.
1. "Night Parade": he first leaves the sanctuary of a small hometown, "moving to the heartbeat of the city"
2. "Hold Back the Dawn": he falls in love with a woman from the wrong side of the tracks, asking her to raise up her hand and hold back the dawn, staying safe and warm with the world shut out outside
3. "Go Back to Your Woods": he realizes this city is more than he bargained for, and "when the night goes down on Storyville, if the women don't get ya, the music will"
And so on. There's a good site at The Band's website with video clips, audio files, and an extended history.
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"Don't pass me by don't make me cry don't make me blue Cause you know darling I love only you You'll never know it hurt me so how I hate to see you go Don't pass me by, don't make me cry..."
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Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey Oooh, the more I get of you the stranger it feels, yeah Now that your rose is in bloom, your light hits the gloom on the grey Posts: 3658 | Registered: Jan 2002
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"Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain Summertime has come and gone, and everybody's home again Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs I can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these years."
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unemployed in summertime we've only just turned 21 we'll be ok unemployed in summertime don't need money cause we're young i'll just stay awake 'til the morning with makeup all over my face --Emiliana Torrini "Unemployed in Summertime"
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She goes down like rain She goes down the hard way She's trying to run but her mind just stays I wonder where you are tonight I wonder where you are tonight I wonder where you are tonight oh tonight --Moist, "Tonight"
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Must be something in the air, something brings me here to share this moment. We don't need to sleep tonight, stay with me until the daylight comes. Can you do it again? Can you do it again? Can you do it again? One last time.
Must be something in the air, something brings me here to share this moment. There's no need to question this, I only wanted one last kiss goodbye. Can you do it again? Can you do it again? Can you do it again? One last time.
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Who's up for game two, what to do? My wallet's getting thin and i just lost my watch last night. I got a problem, just one answer- got to throw it all down and kiss it goodbye.
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Sheets of empty canvas. Untouched sheets of clay were laid spread out before me as her body once did. All five horizons revolved around her soul. As the earth to the sun. Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn. Ooh, and all I taught her was everything. Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore. And now my bitter hands shade beneath the clouds of what was everything. All the pictures have all been washed in black. Tattooed every day.
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As time keeps foldin' we're old when our pour souls depart Whereas cold, cruel jokes now make you cry One day you'll take them in your stride All of the time we've resided here You'll see our chalices rise with ever endless tears And illusions, they fly, but someday soon will clear Just sit back and recline I'll guide you through the years Through the future years
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Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me. Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields... Nothing is real, and nothing to get hungabout Strawberry Fields forever.
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We can work it out We can work it out Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends. I have always thought that it's a crime... So I will ask you once again.
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"The word is about, there's something evolving, whatever may come, the world keeps revolving They say the next big thing is here, that the revolution's near, but to me it seems quite clear that it's all just a little bit of history repeating."
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"Some might say that sunshine follows thunder Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine Some might say that we should never ponder On our thoughts today cos they hold sway over time."
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I will paint my picture Paint myself in blue and red and black and gray. All of the beautiful colors are very very meaningful. Well, you know, gray is my favorite color. I felt so symbolic, yesterday. If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play...
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sedated and lazy cold skies full of blue the sun burns forever it reminds me of you on your dead shore the sand is warm he hides her tears and quickly lets it die i will make it through even without you my sky will be blue i live tranquilized
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When you were young, and your heart was an open book, you used to say-live and let live. But if this ever changin' world in which we live in makes you give in and cry-say live and let die.
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And the race is on, and here comes pride in the backstretch, heartache's goin' to the inside. My tears are holdin' back, they're...tryin' not to fall...
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