This could get tricky

[BTFLCHLD]

Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
Jim Weatherly

I've had my share of life's ups and downs
But fate's been kind, the downs have been few
I guess you could say that I've been lucky
And I guess you could say it's all because of you.

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
You'd be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
You're the best thing that ever happened to me.

Lord there have been times when times were hard
But always somehow I made it through
'Cause for ev'ry moment I've spent hurting
There was a moment spent loving you.

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
You'd be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
You're the best thing that ever happened to me.

[estranged4life]

"Sacrificed Sons"
Music by Dream Theater
Lyrics by James Labrie

"Walls are closing
Anxiously
Channel surfing
Frantically

Burning City
Smoke and fire
Plane's we're certain
Faith inspired

No clues
A complete suprise
Who'll be
Coming home tonight

Heads all turning
Towards the sky
Towers crumble
Heroes die

Who would wish this on
On our people
And proclaim
That His will be done
Scriptures they heed have misled them
All praise their Sacrificed sons
All praise their Sacrificed sons

Teach them
What to think and feel
Your ways
So enlightening

Words they preach
I can't relate
If God's true Love
Are acts of Hate

Who would wish this on
On our people
And proclaim
That His will be done
Scriptures they heed have misled them
All praise their Sacrificed sons
All praise their Sacrificed sons

God on High
Our mistake
Will mankind be extinct?
There's no time to waste
Who serves the truth
For Heavens' sake"

[carrie721]

Melissa Etheridge - Tuesday Morning

10:03 on a Tuesday morning
In the fall of an American dream
Man is doing what he knows is right
On Flight 93

Loved his mom and he loved his dad
Loved his home and he loved his man
But on that bloody Tuesday morning
He died an American

Now you cannot change this
And you can't erase this
You can't pretend this is not the truth

Even though he could not marry
Or teach our children in your schools
Because who he wants to love
Is breaking your God's rules

He stood up on a Tuesday morning
In the terror he was brave
And he made his choice, and without a doubt
A hundred lives he must have saved

Now you cannot change this
And you can't erase this
You can't pretend this is not the truth

And the things you might take for granted
Your inalienable rights
Some might choose to deny him
Even though he gave his life

Can you live with yourself in the land of the free
If they make him less of a hero than the other three
Well it might begin to change here
In a field in Pennsylvania

Now you cannot change this
And you can't erase this
You can't pretend this is not the truth

Stand up America
Hear the bell now as it tolls
Wake up America
It's Tuesday morning
C'mon, let's roll

[BTFLCHLD]

Zoe's Song
Vayden


Go to sleep little one don't be scared of the dark,

Remember what mommy's taught to you from the very start,

And even in the worst of times,

I need you to keep this in your mind,



There's an angel in your life,

There's an angel in your room,

There's an angel by your side,

Helping to see you through,

Just have a little faith,

It'll all fall into place,

And you'll make it through the day..



Saturday morning the phone rings with the worst of news,

I fall to my to my knees for the mountains of pain you're going through,

I make my way over to show my love, and painfully ask How're you holding up

He said...



There's an Angel in my life,

There's an Angel in my room,

There's an Angel by my side,

Helping to see me through,

And I'm lucky enough to say,

That I've seen my angels face,

I'm going to make him proud he came.



If there's an Angel in your life,

If there's an Angel next to you,

If there's an Angel in your heart,

Helping to see you through,

If you're lucky enough to know,

That you can take your Angel home,

If you're lucky enough to say,

That you've seen your angels face,

Don't let it go away.

[priestofnothing]

'Cause Cheap Is how I Feel
Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)

It's the kind of night that's so cold when you spit
it freezes before it hits the ground.
And when a bum asks you for a quarter you give a dollar
if he's out tonight he must be truly down.

And I'm searching all the windows for a last minute present
to prove to you what I said was real,
for something small and frail and plastic baby
cause cheap is how I feel.

Half moon in the sky tonight, bright enough
to come up with an answer
to the question why is it that every time I see you
my love grows a little stronger.

But your memory leaves my stomach churning
feeling like a lie about to be revealed,
but I'll horde all this to myself
cause cheap is how I feel.

It's not the smell in here that gets to me its the lights
I hate the shadows that they cast,
and the sound of clinking bottles is the one small thing
I'll always drag with me from my past.

I think I'll find a pair of eyes tonight
to fall into and maybe strike a deal
Your body for my soul, fair swap
cause cheap is how I feel

[UnwindedDreams]

Trouble-Lindsey Buckingham

I really should be saying goodnight
I really shouldn't stay anymore
It's been so long since I held ya
I've forgotten what love is for

I should run on the double
I think I'm in trouble
I think I'm in trouble

So come to me darlin and hold me
Let your honey keep you warm
Been so long since I held ya
I've forgotten what love is for

I should run on the double
I think I'm in trouble

[TwistedGypsy]

What a great thread.

Bob Dylan
"To Ramona"

Ramona, come closer
Shut softly your watery eyes
The pangs of your sadness
Will pass as your senses will rise
The flowers of the city
Though breathlike, get deathlike at times
And there's no use in tryin'
To deal with the dyin'
Though I cannot explain that in lines.

Your cracked country lips
I still wish to kiss
As to be by the strength of you skin
Your magnetic movements
Still capture the minutes I'm in
But it grieves my heart, love
To see you tryin' to be a part of
A world that just don't existv It's all just a dream, babe
A vacuum, a scheme, babe
That sucks you into feelin' like this.

I can see that your head
Has been twisted and fed
With worthless foam from the mouth
I can tell you are torn
Between stayin' and returnin'
Back to the South
You've been fooled into thinking
That the finishin' end is at hand
Yet there's no one to beat you
No one to defeat you
'Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad

I've heard you say many times
That you're better 'n no one
And no one is better 'n you
If you really believe that
You know you have
Nothing to win and nothing to lose
From fixtures and forces and friends
Your sorrow does stem
That hype you and type you
Making you feel
That you gotta be just like them.

I'd forever talk to you
But soon my words
They would turn into a meaningless ring
For deep in my heart
I know there is no help I can bring
Everything passes
Everything changes
Just do what you think you should do
And someday, maybe
Who knows, baby
I'll come and be cryin' to you.


This song to me a utter perfection, period.

[TwistedGypsy]

Coldplay
"Green Eyes"

Green Eyes

Honey you are a rock
Upon which I stand
And I come here to talk
I hope you understand

That green eyes
Yeah the spotlight shines upon you
And how could anybody deny you

I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Now I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without you
Green Eyes

Honey you are the sea
Upon which I flow
And I came here to talk
I think you should know

That green eyes,
You're the one that I wanted to find
And anyone who tried to deny you
Must be out of their mind

Because I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Since I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without you

Green Eyes
Green Eyes
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh

Honey you are a rock
Upon which I stand

[carrie721]

Just A Little Lovin' - Dusty Springfield

Just a little lovin'
Early in the mornin'
Beats a cup of coffee
For starting off the day

Just a little lovin'
When the world is yawnin'
Makes you feel wake up feeling
Good things are coming your way

This old world
Wouldn't be half as bad
It wouldn't be half as sad
If each and everybody in it had, yeah

Just a little lovin'
Early in the mornin'
That little extra somethin'
To kinda see them through

Nothing turns the day on
Really gets it dawnin'
Like a little bit of lovin'
From some lovin' someone like you

This old world
Wouldn't be half as bad
It wouldn't be half as sad
If each and everybody in it had

Just a little lovin'
Early in the mornin'
(Just a little lovin')
(When the world is yawnin')
Just a little bit of lovin' ah
Oh, in the morning
Nothing turns the day on
Really gets it dawnin'
Make a little bit of lovin'
It's so good, it's so good

[estranged4life]

Guns N' Roses-"Madagascar"

"I won't be told anymore
That I've been brought down in this storm
And left so far out from the shore
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore

No I won't be told anymore
That I've been brought back in this storm
And left so far out from the shore
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore

No, I..
No, I...

Forgive that they teared down my soul
Bless them that they might grow old
A dream that's forgotten may know
That it's never too late

So many times that I've seen life before me
I searched and found the way to choose to the end
I found a way, to know, why it had to be
Mired in denial and saw all the rain

If we ever find it true
Love will have its way to choose
Three more to tame
We can be ever

I won't be told anymore
That I've been brought down in this storm
And left so far out from the shore
And I can't find my way back, my way anymore

No I won't be told anymore
That I've been brought back in this storm
And left so far out from the shore
That I can't find my way back, my way anymore"

[TwistedGypsy]

Bob Dylan
"Lay Lady Lay"


Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen

Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing in front of you

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead

[BTFLCHLD]

World I Know
Collective Soul

Has our conscience shown?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all the kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.
I drink myself of newfound pity
sitting alone in New York City
and I dont know why.

Are we listening to hyms of offering?
Have we eyes to see that love is gathering?
All the words that I've been reading
have now started the act of bleeding into one.

So I walk up on high
and I step to the edge
to see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
as the years roll down.
Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.

[DrummerDeanna]

^^

That's one of my favorite songs of all-time. I love Collective Soul.

[BTFLCHLD]

Shine
Collective Soul

Give me a word
Give me a sign
Show me where to go
Tell me what will I find
Lay me on the ground
Fly me in the sky
Show me where to go
Tell me what will I find
Oh Heaven let your light shine down

Love is in the water
Love is in the air
Show me where to go
Tell me will love be there
Teach me how to speak
Teach me how to share
Teach me where to go
Tell me will love be there
Oh, Heaven let your light shine down

Give me a word
Give me a sign
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find
Lay me on the ground
Fly me in the sky
Show me where to look
Tell me what will I find
Oh Heaven let your light shine down

I've got to let it shine
I've got to let it shine
Heaven let this light shine on me
I say Hey, Hey
Heaven let this light shine on me
(Shine)
Shine on me, Hey-hey, yeah-he-hey
(Shine)
Can't buy this shine

[estranged4life]

"Everything Under the Sun"-Extreme

I. Rise n' Shine

"Dawn wakes the silence,
Of a fainted lullaby
Day breaks the eyelid,
From a song sung in my eye

Night rests in peace,
As the sun mourns the sky
Alls accounted for sheep,
Over a horizons I

Rise, rise n shine
A new day is coming
Rise, rise in time
For everything under the sun

And when you see,
A south wind blow
Forecasting, you will know,
A hot day, will be on the way
(foolish one)
You analyze,
The earth and the sky
I ask you why,
You cant analyze the signs,
Of the present time

I had a dream,
Not unlike the one from old
Of a man king,
Whose head was made of gold
Stand castles of sand
Weather the sundials rise n fall
Chasing wind through your hands,
til water runs dry the well

Dream, Daniel, dream
For whats yet to come
See, Daniel, see
For everything under the sun

And in the west,
A cloud appears
For shadows of
A coming shower near,
Oh, so near
(hypocrites)
You analyze,
The earth and the sky
I ask you why,
You cant analyze the signs,
Of the present time

Vanity,
Yes, all is vanity
Vanity,
Yes, alls futility

For one that dies,
Anothers born
Where laughters heard,
Comforters mourn
Theres a time for
Everything

A song for love,
Even abhor
An olive branch,
Or winters war
Theres a time for
Everything, under the sun"


II. Am I Ever Gonna Change-

"I'm tired of being me,
And I dont like what I see,
I'm not who I appear to be
So I start off every day,
Down on my knees I will pray,
For a change in any way
But as the day goes by,
I live through another lie,
If its any wonder why

Am I ever gonna change
Will I always stay the same
If I say one thing,
Then I do the other
Its the same old song,
That goes on forever
Am I ever gonna change
I'm the only one to blame
When I think I'm right,
I wind up wrong
Its a futile fight,
Gone on too long

Please tell me if its true,
Am I too old to start anew,
Cause thats what I want to do
But time and time again,
When I think I can,
I fall short in the end
So why do I even try,
Will it matter when I die,
Can anyone hear my cry?

Am I ever gonna change
Take it day by day
My will is weak
And my flesh too strong
This peace I seek
Till thy kingdom comes"


III. Who Cares?

"Tell me, Jesus,
Are you angry?
One more sheep has,
Just gone astray
A hardening of hearts,
Turning to stone
Wandering off,
So far from home

So many children,
Losing time
Walk in darkness,
Looking for a sign
Chasing their rainbows,
The future looks so bright
Slowly were losing,
Sight of the light

Who cares?
Who cares?
Who cares?
Tell me who cares?
Who cares?

All alone,
Out in the cold
Can't look back,
Am I growing old
I chose a path,
Is this my fate
Am I finding out,
The truth too late

Chorus

Here I am,
A naked man
Nothing to hide
With empty hands
Remember me,
I am the one
Who lost his way,
Your prodigal son

Who cares?
Who cares?
Who cares?
Tell me who cares?
Who cares?

Am I ever gonna change
Will I always stay the same
Say one thing
Then I do the other
Same old song
Goes on forever
Rise, rise n shine
A new day is coming
Yes it is!"