Song Lyrics

[Nico]

Hmmm...very interesting selections there. I really like Tears to Tell.

Here's a song I've always adored for so many years, and one that really touches me because it is sung with such honest beauty. I ask you: who does not love this man and his music?

Hearts and Bones (Paul Simon)

One and one-half wandering Jews
Free to wander wherever they choose
Are traveling together
In the Sangre de Cristo
The Blood of Christ Mountains
Of New Mexico
On the last leg of the journey
They started a long time ago
The arc of a love affair
Rainbows in the high desert air
Mountain passes slipping into stones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Thinking back to the season before
Looking back through the cracks in the door
Two people were married
The act was outrageous
The bride was contagious
She burned like a bride
These events may have had some effect
On the man with the girl by his side
The arc of a love affair
His hands rolling down her hair
Love like lightning shaking till it moans
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
And whoa whoa whoa
She said why?
Why don't we drive through the night
And we'll wake up down in Mexico
Oh I
I don't know nothin' about nothin'
About Mexico
And tell me why
Why won't you love me
For who I am
Where I am
He said:
'Cause that's not the way the world is baby
This is how I love you, baby
This is how I love you, baby
One and one-half wandering Jews
Returned to their natural coasts
To resume old acquaintances
Step out occasionally
And speculate who had been damaged the most
Easy time will determine if these consolations
Will be their reward
The arc of a love affair
Waiting to be restored
You take two bodies and you twirl them into one
Their hearts and their bones
And they won't come undone
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones

I know the song itself was basically written about his relationship/marriage/subsequent divorce to Carrie Fisher, whom I also love a lot. I really think it's such a gorgeous ode to her, as well as so many references on Graceland (the album). Gawd, I love, love, LOVE Paul Simon. I don't have to tell anyone how many of his songs I want to marry. He's too great- and seeing him live was one of my greatest concert experiences ever. Yes, right up there with Lindsey. Because he's just as eff'n great.

[fleetwoodtrick]

My dreams came true last night. We had a dance at school, and my friends got me to dance with this guy I've liked forever.... to a slow song! We danced to "Fall for You" by Secondhand Senrenade. Normally I'm more of a classic rock fan, but I LOVE this song! It's currently my favorite non-Stevie song.

Fall for You
Secondhand Senrenade

The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before?
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core

But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind

Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed, but I have loved you from the start

Ohh, but hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind

Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in, I'm yours to keep
And hold on to your words 'cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight when you're asleep

Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind

Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find

Tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind

Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

[Nico]

November 25th:




Human (the Killers)

I did my best to notice
when the call came down the line
up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
and sometimes I get nervous
when I see an open door

close your eyes, clear your heart

cut the cord
are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees
looking for the answer
are we human or are we dancer

pay my respects to grace and virtue
send my condolences to good
give my regards to soul and romance
they always did the best they could
and so long to devotion,
you taught me everything I know
wave good bye, wish me well

you gotta let me go
are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees
looking for the answer
are we human or are we dancer

will your system be all right
when you dream of home tonight
there is no message we're receiving
let me know is your heart still beating

are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees
looking for the answer

you've gotta let me know
are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I'm on my knees
looking for the answer
are we human
or are we dancer

are we human or are we dancer

are we human or are we dancer

I don't have to tell you how big a fan I am... since they released the first album...I love them. I love Brandon Flowers. He's extremely charismatic, gorgeous, and his voice is incredible. They're music rocks my world. Especially Sam's Town. That's ma fave for sure.

[GoS]

Hats Off, By the Connells off of Darker Days.

You love to change your mind.
Hate to see you lost in your ignorance, or is it just indifference?
What goes on behind?
What goes on within you, without you, there's nothing to you.

Why are you so blind?
Why are you so hopelessly helpless, hopelessly helpless?
You can't have it back.
No you can't have the world as it once was with cowboys and Santa Claus.

With all your charm, all your cleverness.
It's not enough, we'd be better off with something else.
It's not enough, and all my thoughts, all my bitterness.
Still not enough with all your charm and all...

You love to change your mind.
Hate to see you lost in your ignorance, or is it just indifference?
Why are you so blind?
Why are you so hopelessly helpless, hopelessly helpless?

With all your charm, and all your cleverness.
It's not enough, we'd be better off with something less.
It's not enough, with all my thoughts and all my bitterness.
Still not enough...

Hats off to you, and yours and mine.
Hats off to you, and yours and mine.
Hats off to you, and to yourself...

With all your charm, and all your cleverness.
It's not enough, we'd be better off with something less.
It's not enough, and all my thoughts and all my bitterness.
Still not enough...

Hats off to you, and yours and mine.
Hats off to you, and yours and mine.
Hats off to you, and to yourself...

[Nico]

I have two I love right now: one fairly new, another not quite young.

WINTER BIRDS (Ray Lamontagne)

It's the Widow now that owns that angry plow,
The spartan Mule and The Crippled Cow
The fallow field that will yield no more,
As the fox lay sleeping beneath her kitchen floor

The stream can't contain such the withering rain,
And from the pasture the fence it is leaning away
The clouds crack and growl
Like some great cat on the prowl
Crying out, "I am, I am" over and over again

The days grow short
As the nights grow long
The kettle sings it's tortured song
As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow,
Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now

The winter birds have come back again,
Here the sprightly Chickadee
Gone now is the Willow Wren
In passing greet each other as if old, old friends
And to the voiceless trees
It is their own they will lend

The days grow short
As the nights grow long
The kettle sings it's tortured song
As many petalled kiss I place upon her brow,
Oh, my lady, Lady I am loving you now

And though all these things will change,
The memories will remain
As green to gold, and gold to brown
The leaves will fall to feed the ground
And in their falling, make no sound

Oh my lady,
Lady I am loving you now

I've gathered all my money and I'm goin' to town,
To buy my lady a long and flowing gown
'Cause come tomorrow morning
We're off to the county fair
I'll find a yellow flower
And I will lace it in her hair




FOR A DANCER (Jackson Browne)

Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down

I don't remember losing track of you
You were always dancing in and out of view
I must've always thought you'd be around
Always keeping things real by playing the clown
Now you're nowhere to be found

I don't know what happens when people die
Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try
It's like a song playing right in my ear
That I can't sing
I can't help listening

I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round
Crying as they ease you down
'Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing
Dancing our sorrow away
(Right on dancing)
No matter what fate chooses to play
(There's nothing you can do about it anyway)

Just do the steps that you've been shown
By everyone you've ever known
Until the dance becomes your very own
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown
In the end there is one dance you'll do alone

Keep a fire for the human race
And let your prayers go drifting into space
You never know will be coming down

Perhaps a better world is drawing near
And just as easily, it could all disappear
Along with whatever meaning you might have found
Don't let the uncertainty turn you around
(The world keeps turning around and around)
Go on and make a joyful sound

Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive but you'll never know

Both I love for different reasons, but the words in each strike me in about the same way. Gorgeous stuff. And I adore both artists.

[3rd World Man]

I stumbled across a vdo of Bruce doing this song in 1975, and it's amazing--30 years later and he can still pull off performing songs like this. Such a great song, so passionate.

She's The One

With her killer graces and her secret places
That no boy can fill with her hands on her hips
Oh and that smile on her lips
Because she knows that it kills me
With her soft french cream
Standing in that doorway like a dream
I wish she'd just leave me alone
Because french cream won't soften them boots
And french kisses will not break that heart of stone
With her long hair falling
And her eyes that shine like a midnight sun
Oh-o she's the one, she's the one

That Thunder in your heart
At night when you're kneeling in the dark
It says you're never gonna leave her
But there's this angel in her eyes
That tells such desperate lies
And all you want to do is believe her
And tonight you'll try just one more time
To leave it all behind and to break on through
Oh she can take you, but if she wants to break you
She's gonna find out that ain't so easy to do
And no matter where you sleep tonight or how far you run
Oh-o she's the one, she's the one

Oh-o and just one kiss
She'd fill them long summer nights
With her tenderness that secret pact you made
Back when her love could save you from the bitterness
Oh she's the one, oh she's the one
Oh she's the one, oh she's the one

Here's that vdo:

[3rd World Man]

I think the lyrics for this song were posted, so here is a wonderful performance of another all-time fav. I've been a Jackson Browne fan forever, and I wishwishwish I still had my "Saturate Before Using" tshirt!

[shebop]

I saw Jackson last night at a benefit for hurricane relief - AMAZING! He played some of the new album as well as "Late For The Sky", "Doctor My Eyes" and "Linda Paloma".

The night included Joan Baez, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Harper, and Ry Cooder!

Quite a night!

[Nico]

Because it's beautiful...

Colours (Donovan)

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,
In the morning, when we rise,
In the morning, when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.

Green's the colour of the sparklin' corn,
In the morning, when we rise,
In the morning, when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.

Blue's the colour of the sky-y,
In the morning, when we rise,
In the morning, when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.

Mellow is the feeling that I get,
When I see her, m-hmm,
When I see her, oh yeah.
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.

Freedom is a word I rarely use,
Without thinking, oh yeah,
Without thinking, m-hmm.
Of the time, of the time,
When I've been loved.

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair,
In the morning, when we rise,
In the morning, when we rise.
That's the time, that's the time,
I love the best.

Because it makes me want to dance...

Manhattan (Kings of Leon)

I like to dance all night
Summons the day
That's how I play
Yeah that's how I play

I said who are you
No matter who you are
So we dance all night
And dance all day

I say
I say

We're gonna fuel the fire
We're gonna stoke it up
We're gonna sip this wine
And pass the cup

Who needs avenues
Who needs reservoirs
We're gonna show this town
How to kiss these stars

I say
I say

I'm on a hunt to kill
I'm gonna skin the hide
A yelp and scream
And away I ride

I'll never top this view
I'll never fall aground
It's all for you
For what you found

I say
I say
I say
I say

It's gonna take your hand
It's gonna drive you home
It's gonna keep on, keep on, keep on
And then forever run