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This is the Last Straw – and Something About Sacred Buckets of Holistic Ice Water ****** predators, human smugglers Starvation in the Sudan, civil war in Syria, mass executions in China Journalists murdered almost everywhere Fashionable infanticide, homelessness Unemployment, urban terrorism Mass ****** school shootings, wildfires, racism An unstable national government Anti-Semitism, border desperation Riots, arson, ecclesiastical corruption **** alcoholism, historical cleansing Skinheads, abuse, Khardassianistas Volcanos, the death penalty, free verse Affluenza, Jerry Springer, The View Herbal tea, antifa, anti-antifa And the soul-sucking existential despair Of inspirational singer-songwriters: Nah, not a bit worried about plastic straws But I must go now; The Voices are telling me To pour a bucket of ice water over my head (As long as it’s not a plastic bucket)
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Jul 27, 2018
Jul 27, 2018 at 3:58 PM UTC
This is the Last Straw! And Some Inspirational Singer-Songwriters...
Millennials at Work and War Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us Now thrown into the existential struggle Surrendering their youth and taking up life They muster in the fields and factories And in their elders’ undeclared, shadowy wars Uniformed in an unappreciated sense Of duty and dignity while scorned by those Who take their ease upon the couches of sloth And fling cheap mockery at millennials Who take up tools and work and love of life Sometimes to die in deserts still unmapped While generals dismiss their casualties as light Despised as snowflakes by keyboard commandos Who never got closer to any war Than a John Wayne ketchup-bloody movie. Some work long double shifts through university In a sawmill, shop, or fast foodery Only to be dismissed as slacker layabouts, But expected to trust those who condemn them For not being the greatest generation As defined by those who never served at all And while being criticized they will grab A quick cup of coffee for the night shift Staffing the hospitals and police patrols That keep their sneering critics alive and safe They drive the trucks, they man the ships, they work They drill for oil, these useless millennials While idlers lounge long in the coffee shops And YooToob computered jokes about them Millennials have no time for coloring books Or comfort animals or revolution For they are weary with study and work The best of them make no demands, but, sure A little respect, hard-earned, would be nice If only the scripted singer-songwriters Would pack up the tired old stereotypes And see millennials as they truly are But darkness falls – they must go back to work On the eleven-seven, the graveyard shift They do not burn draft cards or Medicare cards Instead through work they illuminate this world And build it up with continued sacrifice Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us
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Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 2016 at 4:39 PM UTC
Millennials at Work and War
Millennials at Work and War Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us Now thrown into the existential struggle Surrendering their youth and taking up life They muster in the fields and factories And in their elders’ undeclared, shadowy wars Uniformed in an unappreciated sense Of duty and dignity while scorned by those Who take their ease upon the couches of sloth And fling cheap mockery at millennials Who take up tools and work and love of life Sometimes to die in deserts still unmapped While generals dismiss their casualties as light Despised as snowflakes by keyboard commandos Who never got closer to any war Than a John Wayne ketchup-bloody movie. Some work long double shifts through university In a sawmill, shop, or fast foodery Only to be dismissed as slacker layabouts, But expected to trust those who condemn them For not being the greatest generation As defined by those who never served at all And while being criticized they will grab A quick cup of coffee for the night shift Staffing the hospitals and police patrols That keep their sneering critics alive and safe They drive the trucks, they man the ships, they work They drill for oil, these useless millennials While idlers lounge long in the coffee shops And YooToob computered jokes about them Millennials have no time for coloring books Or comfort animals or revolution For they are weary with study and work The best of them make no demands, but, sure A little respect, hard-earned, would be nice If only the scripted singer-songwriters Would pack up the tired old stereotypes And see millennials as they truly are But darkness falls – they must go back to work On the eleven-seven, the graveyard shift They do not burn draft cards or Medicare cards Instead through work they illuminate this world And build it up with continued sacrifice Scorn not the snowflake who stands watch for us
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Hello We haven't talked in quite some time I know I haven't been the best Of sons, hello, I've been traveling in the desert of my mind And I Haven't found a drop Of life I haven't found a drop Of you, I haven't found a drop I haven't found a drop Of water Water I try desperately to run through the sand As I hold the water in the palm of my hand 'Cause it's all that I have and it's all that I need and The waves of the water mean nothing to me But I try my best and all that I can To hold tightly onto what's left in my hand But no matter how, how tightly I will strain The sand will slow me down and the water will drain I'm just being dramatic, in fact, I'm only at it again As an addict with a pen, who's addicted to the wind As it blows me back and forth, mindless, spineless, and pretend Of course I'll be here again, see you tomorrow, but it's the end of today End of my ways as a walking denial My trial was filed as a crazy suicidal head case But you specialize in dying, you hear me screaming "father" And I'm lying here just crying, so wash me with your water Water Hello I haven't talked in quite some time I know I haven't been the best Of sons, hello, I've been traveling in the desert of my mind And I I haven't found a drop Of life I haven't found a drop Of you I haven't found a drop I haven't found a drop Of water Songwriters: Joseph Tyler Harris Addict with a Pen lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
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Dec 20, 2017
Dec 20, 2017 at 8:13 PM UTC
Lyrics to "Addict With a Pen" by Twenty One Pilots
Karma police, arrest this man He talks in maths He buzzes like a fridge He's like a detuned radio Karma police, arrest this girl Her ****** hairdo is Making me feel ill And we have crashed her party *This is what you get This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us* Karma Police I've given all I can It's not enough I've given all I can But we're still on the payroll *This is what you get This is what you get This is what you get when you mess with us* And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself For for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself (In the early version, the first verse went): Karma police arrest this girl She stares at me As if she owns the world and We have crashed her party Songwriters: YORKE, THOMAS / O'BRIEN, EDWARD JOHN / GREENWOOD, COLIN CHARLES / GREENWOOD, JONATHAN RICHARD GUY / SELWAY, PHILIP S T - 24 nov 2013
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Nov 24, 2013
Nov 24, 2013 at 2:32 AM UTC
Radiohead - Karma Police
Independent Grammy Ameripolitan Billboard CMA Triple Play Indigenous K-Love Fan Austin YouTube Loudwire MTV Video GMA Dove iHeartRadio Canadian Country Stellar BBC Music Magazine Americana Blues Tennessee Songwriters Association Soribada Best K-Music Texas Country APRA Western Heritage Texas Sounds Academy of Country Music Wine Country Carolina Teen Choice Pulitzer Prize Latin American Unsigned Alternative Press International Western People's Choice American Tejano ASCAP Country Soul Train Soribada Best K-Music Texas Country American Songwriting Branson Terry Nashville Industry International Bluegrass
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Sep 24, 2018
Sep 24, 2018 at 6:27 PM UTC
And the award for the best poem about the excessive amount of music award shows goes to...
How do you define love? How do you begin? Come with me on this journey and explore, The emotion of love that we all truly adore, The emotion that we all seek to receive, The emotion that makes us weak at the knees. An emotion that has been written about in Music, Stories, Poetry An emotion we have captured in paint, An emotion we long for to hold and cherish, let noone taint. Songwriters have written lyrics, declaring their feelings of desire, Different Genres, Ballads, Rock Anthems,Jazz, Rhythm andBlues, Singing of love for cars, women and drink. Singing of the Power of Love and who started the fire, Singing of pain, hurt, unrequited love, betrayal too Songs making us remember, desire and think. Music so light and pretty, Music that rises slowly to a high crescendo, Music of passion, devotion, trust and loyalty. Music that is dark and ***** Music that takes you down low, Music of betryal, mistrust and insanity. Artists take to the brush to paint a picture clear, Of women walking on a bridge parasol in hand, Portraying feelings of lust, romanticism and fear, Of lovers dancing on the beach leaving footprints in the sand. Portraying their love of the beauty that surrounds, women and children with beguiling smiles, Portraits that make you laugh, cry and stand still for a while. Artists that capture the perfect smile, Artists that capture that capture the love in the eyes, Artists that capture that moment, once in a while, Artists that capture that bond, those ties. Poets create a picture with their words, Bringing to mind lust and desire, Writing of feelings that matter. Making you cry, laugh, raising your emotions higher and higher, Using words that describe, pain, and hurt,words that charm and flatter. Poets that tell a story of hardship, friendship and survival, Poets that make you laugh, cry and bring about revival. Poets that write of emotions, Poets that write of tenderness, Poets that write of devotion, Poets that write of togetherness. Throughout the centuries we are bequiled by love, How it hurts, how it heals, The emotions love makes you feel. How it is won, how it is lost. Love at what price, what cost? How we desire love from each other, How we desire the love of our father and mother. How love can raise you up and let you down, How love can get a smile out of a frown. How love can be your freedom and yet love can smother, There is no medium that can capture all the different aspect of love for each other. Love is unique, Love can be bleak. Love is scary, Love can be weary. Love is strength, Love can be any time, any length. Love is freedom, Love can be your guiding beacon. Each and everyone of us, feels love in someway How do you recognise love? if love spoke to you, what would it say?
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 8:04 AM UTC
What is Love?
How do you define love? How do you begin? Come with me on this journey and explore, The emotion of love that we all truly adore, The emotion that we all seek to receive, The emotion that makes us weak at the knees. An emotion that has been written about in Music, Stories, Poetry An emotion we have captured in paint, An emotion we long for to hold and cherish, let noone taint. Songwriters have written lyrics, declaring their feelings of desire, Different Genres, Ballads, Rock Anthems,Jazz, Rhythm andBlues, Singing of love for cars, women and drink. Singing of the Power of Love and who started the fire, Singing of pain, hurt, unrequited love, betrayal too Songs making us remember, desire and think. Music so light and pretty, Music that rises slowly to a high crescendo, Music of passion, devotion, trust and loyalty. Music that is dark and ***** Music that takes you down low, Music of betryal, mistrust and insanity. Artists take to the brush to paint a picture clear, Of women walking on a bridge parasol in hand, Portraying feelings of lust, romanticism and fear, Of lovers dancing on the beach leaving footprints in the sand. Portraying their love of the beauty that surrounds, women and children with beguiling smiles, Portraits that make you laugh, cry and stand still for a while. Artists that capture the perfect smile, Artists that capture that capture the love in the eyes, Artists that capture that moment, once in a while, Artists that capture that bond, those ties. Poets create a picture with their words, Bringing to mind lust and desire, Writing of feelings that matter. Making you cry, laugh, raising your emotions higher and higher, Using words that describe, pain, and hurt,words that charm and flatter. Poets that tell a story of hardship, friendship and survival, Poets that make you laugh, cry and bring about revival. Poets that write of emotions, Poets that write of tenderness, Poets that write of devotion, Poets that write of togetherness. Throughout the centuries we are bequiled by love, How it hurts, how it heals, The emotions love makes you feel. How it is won, how it is lost. Love at what price, what cost? How we desire love from each other, How we desire the love of our father and mother. How love can raise you up and let you down, How love can get a smile out of a frown. How love can be your freedom and yet love can smother, There is no medium that can capture all the different aspect of love for each other. Love is unique, Love can be bleak. Love is scary, Love can be weary. Love is strength, Love can be any time, any length. Love is freedom, Love can be your guiding beacon. Each and everyone of us, feels love in someway How do you recognise love? if love spoke to you, what would it say?
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Freewill Rush There are those who think that life Has nothing left to chance A host of holy horrors To direct our aimless dance A planet of playthings We dance on the strings Of powers we cannot perceive The stars aren't aligned Or the gods are malign Blame is better to give than receive You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears And kindness that can **** I will choose a path that's clear I will choose free will There are those who think that They've been dealt a losing hand The cards were stacked against them They weren't born in Lotus-Land All preordained A prisoner in chains A victim of venomous fate Kicked in the face You can't pray for a place In heaven's unearthly estate You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears And kindness that can **** I will choose a path that's clear I will choose free will Each of us A cell of awareness Imperfect and incomplete Genetic blends With uncertain ends On a fortune hunt That's far too fleet You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice You can choose from phantom fears And kindness that can **** I will choose a path that's clear I will choose free will Songwriters: GEDDY LEE, ALEX LIFESON, NEIL PEART
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Jan 3, 2017
Jan 3, 2017 at 4:15 PM UTC
Freewill
Depression, Depression the feeling of emptiness always a challenge to fill it with happiness. One of my favorite songwriters is Nick Drake his somber yet powerful lyrics about not be able to connect with people and depression really helped me in times of personal trouble. I was diagnosed very early on in my childhood with depression I started reading a lot listening to music looking outside my window watching the other children play knowing how I would not be able to connect socially. When my parents divorced I realized that my life began to go in a downward spiral then I discovered Nick Drake. I felt connected to him in some way as if I was a incarnation of him. When I listen to his music I feel the same sense of hopelessness the same feelings of isolation. At times I feel stronger for going through this permanent pain but then I think to myself what of my future. That question races though my mind it almost like its making me a restless ghost during those cold dark nights. Through my high school years I still felt the same isolation with people as when I was a child. But the big difference was that I didn’t place a big smile on my face when I knew everything was not alright. This time I expressed my feelings in a more mature and realistic way. I started to write a lot in my spare time I usually wrote a lot of isolated characters trying to find that source of happiness that would free them of their personal pains. Once I wrote a short story about a girl that I fell in love with being a huge fan of F.Scott Fitzgerald I described the main character as the girl all the boys want but can ever have. With a combination of Nick Drakes lyrical style and F Scott Fitzgerald’s plot structure I wrote a love story that defined my inner feelings that I couldn’t really express with verbal communication. Sometimes I believe when people socialize verbally it establishes a more meaningful connection but for me developing socializing socials wasn’t so verbal but it was with writing and listening to music where I developed a sense of identity that was a real morale booster to continue living life with the aspirations of success and personal happiness.
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Feb 19, 2013
Feb 19, 2013 at 9:11 PM UTC
Personal letter to myself
Depression, Depression the feeling of emptiness always a challenge to fill it with happiness. One of my favorite songwriters is Nick Drake his somber yet powerful lyrics about not be able to connect with people and depression really helped me in times of personal trouble. I was diagnosed very early on in my childhood with depression I started reading a lot listening to music looking outside my window watching the other children play knowing how I would not be able to connect socially. When my parents divorced I realized that my life began to go in a downward spiral then I discovered Nick Drake. I felt connected to him in some way as if I was a incarnation of him. When I listen to his music I feel the same sense of hopelessness the same feelings of isolation. At times I feel stronger for going through this permanent pain but then I think to myself what of my future. That question races though my mind it almost like its making me a restless ghost during those cold dark nights. Through my high school years I still felt the same isolation with people as when I was a child. But the big difference was that I didn’t place a big smile on my face when I knew everything was not alright. This time I expressed my feelings in a more mature and realistic way. I started to write a lot in my spare time I usually wrote a lot of isolated characters trying to find that source of happiness that would free them of their personal pains. Once I wrote a short story about a girl that I fell in love with being a huge fan of F.Scott Fitzgerald I described the main character as the girl all the boys want but can ever have. With a combination of Nick Drakes lyrical style and F Scott Fitzgerald’s plot structure I wrote a love story that defined my inner feelings that I couldn’t really express with verbal communication. Sometimes I believe when people socialize verbally it establishes a more meaningful connection but for me developing socializing socials wasn’t so verbal but it was with writing and listening to music where I developed a sense of identity that was a real morale booster to continue living life with the aspirations of success and personal happiness.
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Your fingertips across my skin The palm trees swaying in the wind Images You sang me Spanish lullabies The sweetest sadness in your eyes Clever trick Well, I never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do We walked along a crowded street You took my hand and danced with me Images And when you left, you kissed my lips You told me you would never, never forget These images Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do I cannot go to the ocean I cannot drive the streets at night I cannot wake up in the morning Without you on my mind So you're gone and I'm haunted And I bet you are just fine Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out Of my life? Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy on One Cell In The Sea Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Songwriters: SUDOL, ALISON LOREN
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Sep 8, 2016
Sep 8, 2016 at 1:40 PM UTC
Almost Lover
Your fingertips across my skin The palm trees swaying in the wind Images You sang me Spanish lullabies The sweetest sadness in your eyes Clever trick Well, I never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do We walked along a crowded street You took my hand and danced with me Images And when you left, you kissed my lips You told me you would never, never forget These images Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy I thought you'd want the same for me Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do I cannot go to the ocean I cannot drive the streets at night I cannot wake up in the morning Without you on my mind So you're gone and I'm haunted And I bet you are just fine Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out Of my life? Goodbye, my almost lover Goodbye, my hopeless dream I'm trying not to think about you Can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance My back is turned on you Should've known you'd bring me heartache Almost lovers always do Almost Lover by A Fine Frenzy on One Cell In The Sea Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. Songwriters: SUDOL, ALISON LOREN
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I wish I had the money To buy myself a yacht. I wouldn’t spend it that way But would love what I bought. I’d have a huge party With every friend I know And let it go on and on For about a week or so. And, gifts to everybody Who was ever kind to me. Just something thoughtful To give them gratefully. I’d pick things out carefully And wrap them up nice And in some cases I’m sure I’d do it at least twice. I’d rent a fancy house That overlooked the beach With kayaks and hammocks All within everyone’s reach. And I would hire a caterer To make delicious foods So nobody would hunger No matter what their mood. And I would hire musicians To play on regular intervals. Maybe local songwriters And super talented minstrels. And I would wear my finest Most beautiful things I’ve got. That’s what I would do if I could buy myself a yacht.
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Apr 16, 2016
Apr 16, 2016 at 3:50 PM UTC
BUYING A YACHT
Now, I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah You say I took the name in vain I don't even know the name But if I did, well really, what's it to you? There's a blaze of light in every word It doesn't matter which you heard The holy or the broken hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the lord of song With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Songwriters: Leonard Cohen
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Apr 30, 2018
Apr 30, 2018 at 11:50 AM UTC
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
The human heart is very fragile indeed. Yes it is capable of holding and exuding such fiery passions as to consume you whole, Yet can it not be crushed underfoot with a wayward blow meant to push away rather than injure or the sweet kiss of fare thee well from the object of your eternal desire? Love is not the monster that hides beneath your bed, rather under your sheets where you wistfully dream of your prince, your knight, the girl next door or the **** ********** Love is the creature that hunts for your immortal soul not by night but rather captures and enraptures you in the brightness of day with a single smile and words that only you amongst the billions in this world were meant to hear. Love is not the answer, it is the question in the truest sense which poets, songwriters and the daft have spent eternity trying to unravel, it is a puzzle without end for the missing pieces lie within us all and can only be found in another. And the creator in all his glory housed such a curse as a gift within the most fragile of vessels yet we stand shocked witness each time our hearts break.
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Jul 23, 2014
Jul 23, 2014 at 6:12 PM UTC
Fragile Vessel
Inside the meaning of ourselves, the poets and songwriters look. Just the thought of tears makes my spirit hurt! Always looking, never seeing the words through the rain. After the dogs of summer stop barking the dreamers breathe, After the rain of the evening, the poets and songwriters learn. In the stillness and cool-ness the dreamers rejoice! All the ghosts have begun humming again. Beside the river of tears, my mind thinks. After the rain, sunny memories sing! © 2014 Ronald J Chapman All Rights Reserved.
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Nov 28, 2014
Nov 28, 2014 at 2:13 PM UTC
After The Rain
At Seventeen Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say "Come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve They only get what they deserve" And the rich relationed hometown queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And haven for the elderly Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debentures of quality And dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you In dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today When dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me We all play the game, and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown They call and say, "Come dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At seventeen Songwriters: Janis Ian
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May 21, 2019
May 21, 2019 at 12:09 PM UTC
At Seventeen Janis Ian
At Seventeen Janis Ian I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say "Come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve They only get what they deserve" And the rich relationed hometown queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And haven for the elderly Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debentures of quality And dubious integrity Their small-town eyes will gape at you In dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today When dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me We all play the game, and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown They call and say, "Come dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At seventeen Songwriters: Janis Ian
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For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people There's some people up there hoggin' everything Tellin' lies, givin' alibis about the peoples, money an' things An' if they gonna throw it away, might as well give some to me Yeah, they seen an' heard it but never had misery There are some people who are starvin' to death Never knew but only heard 'em an' they never had happiness If you don't have enough to eat, how can you think of love? You don't have time to care, so it's crime you're guilty of For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? Cut this jive an' see who's got the power to **** the most When they run out of power, the world's gonna be a ghost They know we're not satisfied, so we begin to holler They give us a promise an' throw in a few more dollars There's no price for happiness, there's no price for love Up goes the price of livin' an' you're right back where you was So whatever you got, just be glad you got it Now we're gonna get on up an' get some more of it For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, got to have it, more power For God's sake, got to have it, power, power, power For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you better give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you try it? Yeah, power, power For God's sake, can't deny it, no, no, no, power, power For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give power, power? For God's sake, you got to give Songwriters RECORD, EUGENE -The Chi-Lites on Soul train!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIr5a4L8os Joss Stone - São Paulo, Credicard Hall, 11/11/2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iyd3Dgi1xY
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Aug 28, 2013
Aug 28, 2013 at 10:03 PM UTC
For God's sake, Give More Power To The People -The Chi-Lites/Joss Stone,-Generation Food Project
For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people There's some people up there hoggin' everything Tellin' lies, givin' alibis about the peoples, money an' things An' if they gonna throw it away, might as well give some to me Yeah, they seen an' heard it but never had misery There are some people who are starvin' to death Never knew but only heard 'em an' they never had happiness If you don't have enough to eat, how can you think of love? You don't have time to care, so it's crime you're guilty of For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? Cut this jive an' see who's got the power to **** the most When they run out of power, the world's gonna be a ghost They know we're not satisfied, so we begin to holler They give us a promise an' throw in a few more dollars There's no price for happiness, there's no price for love Up goes the price of livin' an' you're right back where you was So whatever you got, just be glad you got it Now we're gonna get on up an' get some more of it For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, got to have it, more power For God's sake, got to have it, power, power, power For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you better give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you try it? Yeah, power, power For God's sake, can't deny it, no, no, no, power, power For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give more power to the people? For God's sake, you got to give more power to the people For God's sake, why don't you give power, power? For God's sake, you got to give Songwriters RECORD, EUGENE -The Chi-Lites on Soul train!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIr5a4L8os Joss Stone - São Paulo, Credicard Hall, 11/11/2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iyd3Dgi1xY
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White Bird Lyrics from It's a Beautiful Day "White Bird" is track #1 on the album It's a Beautiful Day. It was written by David La Flamme. EDIT White Bird In a golden cage On a winter's day In the rain White bird In a golden cage Alone The leaves blow Cross the long black road To the darkened skies In its rage But the white bird Just sits in her cage Unknown. White bird must fly Or she will die White bird Dreams of the aspen tree With their dying leaves Turning gold But the white bird Just sits in her cage Growing old. White bird must fly Or she will die White bird must fly Or she will die The sunsets come The sunsets go The clouds Float by And The Earth Turns slow And the Young Birds Eyes Do always Glow And She must fly She must fly She must fly White bird In a golden cage On a winter's day In the rain White bird In a golden cage Alone White bird must fly Or she will die White bird must fly Or she will die White bird must fly Or she will die White bird must fly SONGWRITERS DAVID LA FLAMME
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Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 1:24 PM UTC
White Bird By Its A Beautiful Day
inspired  by“Blame It on Kristofferson” written by Byron Hill and John Wilken, released 2010 (lyrics below) <•> A young teen listens to the folk/rock during the Sixties, five few years later, now all growed up and living, crazy, on Bleecker Street, the very same, where these songs were being sung live, by the artists, songwriters & friends on the streets’s bars ‘n cafes And Judy sings a ballad, mysterious, ‘bout a Marianne and all the tea in China, words written like it was a poem, and the infection was silent transferred, still ‘fected, even now, in days sooner to be reporting to heaven’s door, this blessed curse will be unrelenting coming along, we blame it on Leonard Cohen Knew the words, learned the secret chords, which was easy, a-direct line between us, knew where he got them holy tunes, and the words he stole stealthy from our prayerbook, went to Montreal, visited his home, it was no accident, just the hand of god, but don't blame the divine mystery being, nah~nope, half~century, later, this dope still blames it on, yeah that’s right, on Leonard Cohen And here we are, the two of us, probably smiling, gesticulating and gesturing, who in fact is truly responsible for our crazy gene, that pursues us, to create, to mate words with music of the deep soul, and here me be, I am, grateful grasping for each latter day to birth a new creation, going out smiley & feeling kindly and fulfilled, now more than ever, and zero doubts that the person at fault, fully blaming it all on my Canadian soul brother, Leonard Cohen
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Dec 22, 2024
Dec 22, 2024 at 9:36 AM UTC
Blame it on Leonard Cohen
inspired  by“Blame It on Kristofferson” written by Byron Hill and John Wilken, released 2010 (lyrics below) <•> A young teen listens to the folk/rock during the Sixties, five few years later, now all growed up and living, crazy, on Bleecker Street, the very same, where these songs were being sung live, by the artists, songwriters & friends on the streets’s bars ‘n cafes And Judy sings a ballad, mysterious, ‘bout a Marianne and all the tea in China, words written like it was a poem, and the infection was silent transferred, still ‘fected, even now, in days sooner to be reporting to heaven’s door, this blessed curse will be unrelenting coming along, we blame it on Leonard Cohen Knew the words, learned the secret chords, which was easy, a-direct line between us, knew where he got them holy tunes, and the words he stole stealthy from our prayerbook, went to Montreal, visited his home, it was no accident, just the hand of god, but don't blame the divine mystery being, nah~nope, half~century, later, this dope still blames it on, yeah that’s right, on Leonard Cohen And here we are, the two of us, probably smiling, gesticulating and gesturing, who in fact is truly responsible for our crazy gene, that pursues us, to create, to mate words with music of the deep soul, and here me be, I am, grateful grasping for each latter day to birth a new creation, going out smiley & feeling kindly and fulfilled, now more than ever, and zero doubts that the person at fault, fully blaming it all on my Canadian soul brother, Leonard Cohen
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To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you had were not enough When you said goodbye And to all of the people with burdens and pains Keeping you back from your life You believe that there's nothing and there is no one Who can make it right [Chorus] There is hope for the helpless Rest for the weary Love for the broken heart There is grace and forgiveness Mercy and healing He'll meet you wherever you are Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on They lost all of their faith in love They've done all they can to make it right again Still it's not enough For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains You try to give up but you come back again Just remember that you're not alone in your shame And your suffering When your lonely And it feels like the whole world is falling on you You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus Cry to Jesus To the widow who struggles with being alone Wiping the tears from her eyes For the children around the world without a home Say a prayer tonight Songwriters: MAC POWELL, MARK LEE, BRAD AVERY, TAI ANDERSON, DAVID CARR © Universal Music Publishing Group For non-commercial use only. Data from: LyricFind . THIRD DAY LYRICS - Cry Out To Jesus - A-Z Lyrics www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/thirdday/cryouttojesus.html Lyrics to "Cry Out To Jesus" song by THIRD DAY: To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you... . Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus Lyrics | MetroLyrics www.metrolyrics.com/cry-out-to-jesus-lyrics-third-day "Cry Out To Jesus" was written by Mac Powell, Mark Lee, Brad Avery, Tai Anderson, David Carr. I Want To Believe In You · Mr. Put It Down Lyrics · Four Five Seconds . Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus lyrics | LyricsMode.com www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/third_day/cry_out_to_jesus.html#! Cry Out To Jesus - Third Day (2005) To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time. You feel like the days you had were not enough . THIRD DAY - CRY OUT TO JESUS LYRICS www.songlyrics.com › … › Third Day Lyrics › Miscellaneous Album Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus Lyrics. To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you had were not enough When you ... . Videos of lyrics to cry out to jesus bing.com/videos 4:44 Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus W/Lyrics YouTube 4:41 Cry Out to Jesus with lyrics YouTube 4:48 Cry Out to Jesus by Third Day (Lyrics) YouTube 4:37 Cry Out to Jesus Third Day with Lyrics YouTube See more videos of lyrics to cry out to jesus. Cry Out To Jesus | Third Day https://www.thirdday.com/music/songs/cry-out-jesus Cry Out To Jesus. Creed. Songs List. Deny ... Lyrics Appears On These Albums * iTunes Session Listen: * [Live] Listen: * [Live in Mobile, AL] Listen: Listen: Single ... . Cry Out To Jesus Lyrics - Third Day - LyricsFreak.com www.lyricsfreak.com › Third Day Lyrics to Cry Out To Jesus by Third Day: To everyone who's lost someone they love / Long before it was their time / You feel like the days . CRY OUT TO JESUS Lyrics - THIRD DAY - eLyrics.net www.elyrics.net › T › Third Day Lyrics Rating: 8.7/10 · 9 ratings Third Day Cry Out To Jesus lyrics & video : To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you had were not enough THIS BELONGS TO THIRD DAY THE BAND .
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Jul 1, 2015
Jul 1, 2015 at 5:22 PM UTC
Untitled
To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you had were not enough When you said goodbye And to all of the people with burdens and pains Keeping you back from your life You believe that there's nothing and there is no one Who can make it right [Chorus] There is hope for the helpless Rest for the weary Love for the broken heart There is grace and forgiveness Mercy and healing He'll meet you wherever you are Cry out to Jesus, Cry out to Jesus For the marriage that's struggling just to hang on They lost all of their faith in love They've done all they can to make it right again Still it's not enough For the ones who can't break the addictions and chains You try to give up but you come back again Just remember that you're not alone in your shame And your suffering When your lonely And it feels like the whole world is falling on you You just reach out, you just cry out to Jesus Cry to Jesus To the widow who struggles with being alone Wiping the tears from her eyes For the children around the world without a home Say a prayer tonight Songwriters: MAC POWELL, MARK LEE, BRAD AVERY, TAI ANDERSON, DAVID CARR © Universal Music Publishing Group For non-commercial use only. Data from: LyricFind . THIRD DAY LYRICS - Cry Out To Jesus - A-Z Lyrics www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/thirdday/cryouttojesus.html Lyrics to "Cry Out To Jesus" song by THIRD DAY: To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you... . Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus Lyrics | MetroLyrics www.metrolyrics.com/cry-out-to-jesus-lyrics-third-day "Cry Out To Jesus" was written by Mac Powell, Mark Lee, Brad Avery, Tai Anderson, David Carr. I Want To Believe In You · Mr. Put It Down Lyrics · Four Five Seconds . Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus lyrics | LyricsMode.com www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/third_day/cry_out_to_jesus.html#! Cry Out To Jesus - Third Day (2005) To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time. You feel like the days you had were not enough . THIRD DAY - CRY OUT TO JESUS LYRICS www.songlyrics.com › … › Third Day Lyrics › Miscellaneous Album Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus Lyrics. To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you had were not enough When you ... . Videos of lyrics to cry out to jesus bing.com/videos 4:44 Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus W/Lyrics YouTube 4:41 Cry Out to Jesus with lyrics YouTube 4:48 Cry Out to Jesus by Third Day (Lyrics) YouTube 4:37 Cry Out to Jesus Third Day with Lyrics YouTube See more videos of lyrics to cry out to jesus. Cry Out To Jesus | Third Day https://www.thirdday.com/music/songs/cry-out-jesus Cry Out To Jesus. Creed. Songs List. Deny ... Lyrics Appears On These Albums * iTunes Session Listen: * [Live] Listen: * [Live in Mobile, AL] Listen: Listen: Single ... . Cry Out To Jesus Lyrics - Third Day - LyricsFreak.com www.lyricsfreak.com › Third Day Lyrics to Cry Out To Jesus by Third Day: To everyone who's lost someone they love / Long before it was their time / You feel like the days . CRY OUT TO JESUS Lyrics - THIRD DAY - eLyrics.net www.elyrics.net › T › Third Day Lyrics Rating: 8.7/10 · 9 ratings Third Day Cry Out To Jesus lyrics & video : To everyone who's lost someone they love Long before it was their time You feel like the days you had were not enough THIS BELONGS TO THIRD DAY THE BAND .
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Dan Fogelberg – Leader Of The Band Lyrics An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son His hands were meant for different work And his heart was known to none He left his home and went his lone and solitary way And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay A quiet man of music denied a simpler fate He tried to be a soldier once, but his music wouldn't wait He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band My brother's lives were different for they heard another call One went to Chicago and the other to St Paul And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel Living out this life I've chose and come to know so well I thank you for the music and your stories of the road I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough And papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band I am a living legacy to the leader of the band Songwriters: Fogelberg, Dan Leader Of The Band lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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Jun 15, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 at 9:58 AM UTC
The Best Father's Day Song Ever
Dan Fogelberg – Leader Of The Band Lyrics An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son His hands were meant for different work And his heart was known to none He left his home and went his lone and solitary way And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay A quiet man of music denied a simpler fate He tried to be a soldier once, but his music wouldn't wait He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band My brother's lives were different for they heard another call One went to Chicago and the other to St Paul And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel Living out this life I've chose and come to know so well I thank you for the music and your stories of the road I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough And papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band I am a living legacy to the leader of the band Songwriters: Fogelberg, Dan Leader Of The Band lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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Lend me a tune *(For Robert C Howard, One of the lucky ones)* "But I'll know my song well before I start singing". Bob Dylan Some of us poets, some of us musicians, and a few, A very blessed few Songwriters and lyricists, Poets in sound and words, Both. Wish I knew how to Compose some love song music notes, But can't carry a tune, Seems to me, Comes first the music, Must music comes first So with conceit and disbelief, Wrote words and shot 'em into space, Hoping they'd pass thru galaxies, Maybe a comet tail, Find a Songster who will strum them Into perfect, into complete I ain't unhappy that all I got Was the lesser gift of Humming words to myself, Ain't dissatisfied, but wish they Could be ratified, by the music Of a voice singing them to me Or fingers tapping, happening them Played upon the ivories upon my chest, Where the lyrics are aborning, The chest that needs Music to be whole, and word-completing Wish I knew how to Compose some love notes But can't carry a tune, Seems to me Music, Must come first So let's make some music **** right, together, Finish these lyrics jointly, When all finito, pointedly Needed your music, my darling, Music to make them soar, Take our co-sing-song, Dance to it with our bodies Sing words the whole night long
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Sep 28, 2013
Sep 28, 2013 at 8:38 AM UTC
Lend me a tune
Here come the woman With the look in her eye Raised on leather With flesh on her mind Words as weapons Sharper than knives Makes you wonder how the other half die How the other half die Makes you wonder, wonder, wonder Here come the man with the look in his eye Fed on nothing but full of pride Look at them go, look at them kick Makes you wonder how the other half live Devil inside The devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside Devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside Here come the world With the look in its eye Future uncertain but certainly slight Look at the faces listen to the bells It's hard to believe we need a place called hell A place called hell The devil inside The devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside Devil inside The devil inside Every single one of us Here comes the woman With the look in her eye She's raised on leather With flesh on her mind Words are weapons sharper than knives Makes you wonder how the other half die Devil inside The devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside Devil inside Devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside Devil inside Devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside Devil inside Devil inside Every single one of us The devil inside The devil inside Yeah, yeah, yeah The devil inside Yeah, yeah, yeah Songwriters: Michael Hutchence / Andrew Farriss Devil Inside lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Dec 18, 2018
Dec 18, 2018 at 4:26 PM UTC
Devil Inside
On a sound route map of the ‘70s, his church-trained tenor voice verging at times on falsetto led  hordes of people to go on holiday to Greece and Spain. It was romantic, Mediterranean, a perfect music background to sea, “The morning sun”, ouzo and sangria. Beverley, in the play  Abigail’s Party voiced devotion to Demis Roussos in her opinion: “He doesn’t sound fat.” Kaftan-clad flowing black hair: Demis was called “The Singing Tent” Such poetry in song will last forever.   Sing it again Demis.   Tobias “He had a superb voice. He was an artist, a friend. I hope he is in a better world.”     Nana Mouskouri. Lyrics Ever and ever, forever and ever you'll be the one That shines in me like the morning sun Ever and ever, forever and ever you'll be my spring My rainbow's end and the song I sing Take me far beyond imagination You're my dream come true, my consolation you'll be my dream My symphony, my own lover's theme (Ever and ever forever and ever) my destiny Will follow you eternally Take me far beyond imagination You're my dream come true, my consolation you'll be the one That shines in me like the morning sun (Ever and ever, forever and ever) my destiny Will follow you eternally Songwriters: Robert Constandinos / Stylianos Vlavianos
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Apr 3, 2019
Apr 3, 2019 at 12:18 PM UTC
"He Didn't Sound Fat".
At times, I get a creative tornado in my head, as I am going along in my daily life And I can't wait to go home to sit in front of my computer to write all my poetic thoughts down I'm convinced they are masterpieces, that people will be blown away by my work but............. All is silent on the response button And suddenly I think I am not that talented That my work really wasn't so great to begin with This must be what all artists go through... painters, authors, sculptors, screenwriters, playwrights, songwriters and musicians Doubting themselves when art lies in the eye of the beholder Its all part of the subjective nature of art
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Nov 16, 2010
Nov 16, 2010 at 5:13 PM UTC
A Poet's Blues
Dear writers (and artists and songwriters and poets, etc), Tell me, When the thing that drives your heartbeat no longer belongs to you What do you do with the things you made? Because surely, most of your work is based on this particular muse Because I see things laced with love and adoration And I wonder I wonder When that adoration no longer exists in you How could you possibly look at the words you wrote with tenderness Or the masterpiece you painted in their image Or the song you painstakingly pieced together note by note in honor of the way they kiss goodnight And not want to destroy it?
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Jul 29, 2013
Jul 29, 2013 at 9:13 PM UTC
Dear Writer