Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone.
It's not warm when she's away.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away.
Wonder this time where she's gone,
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away.
And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone,
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness everyday.
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone,
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
Anytime she goes away.
American Pie (Don Mclean)
A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.
And I knew If I had my chance, that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while.
But February made me shiver with every paper I deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step.
I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride.
But something touched me deep inside the day the music died.
So bye bye Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye singing
"This will be the day that I die. This will be the day that I die."
Did you write the book of love and do you have faith in God above, if the bible tells you so.
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul and can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well I know that you're in love with him, cause I saw you dancin in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.
I was a lonely teenage broncin buck with a pink carnation and a pickup truck, but I knew I was out of luck the day the music died.
I started singing bye bye Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin whiskey and rye singing,
"This will be the day that I die. This will be the day that I die."
Now for ten years, we've been on our own and moss grow fat on a rolling stone, but that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen in a coat he borrowed from James Dean in a voice that came from
You and me.
Oh and while the king was looking down, the jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned.
No verdict was returned.
And while Lenin read a book on Marx, the quartet practiced in the park and we sang dirges in the dark the day
The music died.
We were singing bye bye Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing,
"This will be the day that I die. This will be the day that I die."
Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off the fallout shelter.
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass with the jester on the sidelines in a cast.
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume while sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance, oh, but we never got the chance.
Cause the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?
We started singing bye bye Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing,
"This will be the day that I die. This will be the day that I die."
Oh and there we were all in one place.
A generation lost in space, with no time left to start again.
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.
Jack Flash sat on a candle stick cause fire is the Devil's only friend.
Oh and as I watched him on the stage, my hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell could break that Satan's spell.
And as the planes climbed high into the night it took like the sacrificial rite.
I saw Satan laughing with delight the day the music died.
He was singing bye bye Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing,
"This will be the day that I die. This will be the day that I die."
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news.
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there said the music wouldn't
Play.
And in the streets, the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken.
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most, the father, the son and the holy ghost, they caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.
And they were singing bye bye Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing,
"This will be the day that I die. This will be the day that I die."
They were singing bye bye Miss American Pie.
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye singing,
"This will be the day that I die."
Daniel (Elton John)
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tailed eyes heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
They say Spain is pretty though I've never been
Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen
Oh and he should know, he's been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much
Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tailed eyes heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Down By The Seaside (Led Zepplin)
Down by the seaside
See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear, oh
What the little fish are sayin'
Oh, oh, the people turned away
Oh, the people turned away
Down in the city streets
See all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, no-no
To pass the time of day
Hey, hey, yeah, the people turned away
The people turned away
So far away, so far away
See how they run, see how they run,
See how they run, see how they run
Run-run, run-run, run-run
Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I wanna tell you
Some folk twistin' every day
Though sometimes it's awful hard to tell
Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha, oh
Out in the country
Hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout their progress
Knowin' where they're goin'
Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh, the people turned away
Yes, the people turned away
Sing loud for the sunshine
Pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature
And she will come back again
Yes she will, yes she will
Oh, oh, oh, the people turned away
The people turned away
Don't they know that they're goin'
Famous Blue Raincoat Words and Music by Leonard Cohen
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now
I hope you're keeping some kind of a record
Yes and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
The last time I saw you, you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
You came home alone without Lili Marlene.
And you treated my woman to flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
Well, I see you there with a rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well, I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possiby say
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.
If you ever come by here for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping and your woman is free
Yes, and thanks for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.
And Jane came by with a lock of you hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Sincerely, L. Cohen
I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can do to you the things that I do
I can take you higher
I'm on fire
Sometimes it's like, someone took a knife
Baby edgy and dull and cut a six-inch
Valley through the middle of my soul
At night I wake up with the sheets
Soaking wet and a freight train running
Through the middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
I'm on fire
Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
I took my love, i took it down
Climbed a mountain and i turned around
And i saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til the landslide brought it down
Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can i sail thru the changin' ocean tides?
Can i handle the seasons of my life?
I don't know...
Well, i've been afraid of changin'
'Cause i've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And i'm getting older too
Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down
The landslide will bring it down
Losing My Religion (Music and Lyrics by R.E.M/Michael Stipe)
Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream
Lovesong (The Cure)
Whenever I'm alone with you you make me feel
Like I am home again whenever I'm alone with
You you make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I'm alone with you you make me feel
Like I am young again whenever I'm alone with
You you make me feel like I am fun again
However far away I will always love you however
Long I stay I will always love you whatever
Words I say I will always love you I will always
Love you
Whenever I'm alone with you you make me feel
Like I am free again whenever I'm alone with
You you make me feel like I am clean again
However far away I will always love you however
Long I stay I will always love you whatever
Words I say I will always love you I will always
Love you
Ring My Bell (words by Frederick Knight)
I'm glad you're home
I bet you really missed me
I guess you did by the look in your eye
Lay back and relax
I put away the dishes
Then you and me can rock-a-bye
You can Ring my Bell
Ring my Bell
'Cause baby you
You can Ring my Bell
Ring my Bell
The night is young
And full of possibilities
Come on and let yourself be yourself
Yourself be free
My love for you so long I've been saving
Tonight was made for me and you
You can Ring my Bell
Ring my Bell
'Cause baby you
You can Ring my Bell
Ring my Bell
Anything you like
Come on, yeah
I'm getting over my falling clover
There was a time, I said to you
There was a time, I said to you
when I'm with him, do it to you
do it to you, do it, you know
You can Ring my Bell
Ring my Bell
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (Shel Silverstein)
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out.
She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,
Candy the yams and spice the hams,
And though her Daddy would scream and shout,
She simply wouldn't take the garbage out.
And so it piled up to the ceilings:
Coffee grounds, potato peelings,
Brown bananas, rotten peas,
Chunks of sour cottage cheese.
It filled the can, it covered the floor,
It cracked the window and blocked the door
With bacon rinds and chicken bones,
Drippy ends of ice-cream cones,
Prunes pits, peach pits, orange peel,
Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal,
Pizza crusts and withered greens,
Soggy beans and tangerines,
Crusts of black-burned buttered toast,
Gristly bits of beefy roasts.
The garbage rolled on down the hall.
It raised the roof. It broke the wall.
Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs,
Globs of gooey bubble-gum,
Cellophane from green baloney,
Rubbery blubbery macaroni,
Peanut butter, caked and dry,
Curdled milk and crusts of pie,
Mouldy melons, dried-up mustard,
Eggshells mixed with lemon custard,
Cold french fries and rancid meat,
Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat.
At last the garbage reached so high,
It finally touched the sky.
And all the neighbors moved away,
And none of her friends would come to play,
And finally, Sarah Cynthia Stout said:
"Okay, I'll take the garbage out."
But then, of course, it was too late.
The garbage reached across the state,
From New York to the Golden Gate,
And there, in the garbage she did hate,
Poor Sarah met an awful fate,
That I can not right now relate,
Because the hour is much too late.
But children, remember Sarah Stout,
And always take the yummy garbage out.
I'm Tori Amos,
And I hope that was a good nighty-night.
She's Leaving Home (the Beatles)
wednesday morning
five oclock as the day begins
silently closing the bedroom door
leaving a note that she hope will say more
she goes downstairs to the kitchen
clutching her hankerchief
silently turning the backdoor key
stepping outside she is free
she...
we gave her most of our lives
sacrificed most of our lives
we gave her everything money could buy
she's leaving home
after living alone
for so many years
father snores as his wife
gets into her dressing gown
finding the note that was lying there
standing alone at the top of the stairs
she breaks down and cries to her husband
"daddy, our baby's gone...
how could she treat us so thoughlessly?
how could she do this to me?"
she...
we gave her most of our lives
sacrificed most of our lives
we gave her everything money could buy
she's leaving home
after she lived here for so long
for so many years
(improv verse...)
and i know
and i know
it's time she goes
it's time she's gone
friday morning at 9 oclock
she is far away
rushing to keep the appointment she made
meeting the man from the motorcar trade
she...
we gave her most of our lives
sacrificed most of our lives
we gave her everything money could buy
she's leaving home
after she lived here so long living alone
for so many years
she's leaving home
bye bye bye...
Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch. As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me
You can hide `neath your covers and study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a saviour to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
This two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back: Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh-oh come take my hand
Riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh-oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely and there's words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win