Friday 30 November 2012

Ed Sheeran - "Drunk"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2fOum_KWQU

I wanna be drunk when I wake up
On the right side of the wrong bed
And every excuse I made up
Tell you the truth I hate
What didn't kill me
It never made me stronger at all.
Love will scar your make-up lip sticks to me
So now I'll maybe leave back there
I'm sat here wishing I was sober
I know I'll never hold you like I used to.

But our house gets cold when you cut the heating
Without you to hold I'll be freezing
Can't rely on my heart to beat it
'Cause you take part of it every evening
Take words out of my mouth just from breathing
Replace with phrases like when you're leaving me.

Should I, should I?
Maybe I'll get drunk again
I'll be drunk again
I'll be drunk again
To feel a little love

I wanna hold your heart in both hands
I'll watch it fizzle at the bottom of a Coke can
And I've got no plans for the weekend
So shall we speak then
Keep it between friends
Though I know you'll never love me like you used to.

There maybe other people like us
You see the flicker of the clip when they light up
Flames just create us, burns don't heal like before
You don't hold me anymore.

On cold days Coldplay's out like the band's the name
I know I can't heal things with a hand shake
You know I can't change as I began saying
You cut me wide open like landscape
Open bottles of beer but never champagne
We'll applaud you with the sound that my hands make.

Should I, should I?
Maybe I'll get drunk again
I'll be drunk again
I'll be drunk again
To feel a little love.

All by myself
I'm here again
All by myself
You know I'll never change
All by myself
All by myself
I'm just drunk again
I'll be drunk again
I'll be drunk again
To feel a little love

Monday 12 November 2012

Spin Doctors - "Pretty Baby"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NEFen5kzMA

Look around your world Pretty Baby
Is it everything you hoped it'd be
The wrong guy
The wrong situation
The right time to roll to me
Roll to me
And look into your heart Pretty Baby
Is it aching with some aimless need
Is there something wrong and you can't put your finger on it
Right then
Roll to me
And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair
So if you want to talk the night through
Guess who will be there
So don't try to deny Pretty Baby
You've been down so long
You can hardly see
When the engines stall and it won't stop raining
It's the right time to
Roll to me
Roll to me
Roll to me
And I don't think I have ever seen a soul so in despair
So if you want to talk the night through
Guess who will be there
So look around your world Pretty Baby
Is it everything you hoped it'd be
The wrong guy
The wrong situation
The right time to roll to me
The right time to roll to me
The right time to roll to meeee uuuhhhhhh

Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra8VTlXVqUQ

When I'm out walkin', I strut my stuff -- yeah, I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite; I just might stop to check you out
Let me go on... like I blister in the sun
Let me go on... big hands, I know you're the one

Body and beats, I stain my sheets -- I don't even know why
My girlfriend, she's at the end -- she is starting to cry
Let me go on... like I blister in the sun
Let me go on... big hands, I know you're the one

When I'm out walkin', I strut my stuff -- yeah, I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite; I just might stop to check you out
When I'm out walkin', I strut my stuff -- yeah, I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite; I just might stop to check you out
Body and beats, I stain my sheets -- I don't even know why
My girlfriend, she's at the end -- she is starting to cry
When I'm out walkin', I strut my stuff -- yeah, I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite; I just might stop to check you out

Let me go on... like I blister in the sun
Let me go on... big hands, I know you're the one

Christine Fellows - "Vertebrae"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpSwFxOqDDU

A photo essay of a family in mourning
Perforated ever so slightly to better let the lights
Seep through
Sunday traffic clears a path
We float inches above the road
Close our eyes and drive so slow
Like we never need to get home

To clear the doorstep of flowers
Throw open the blinds in his empty room
Avert our eyes from his fingerprints
Is there something I'm forgetting?

Fall to my knees in the hospital parking lot
On the way in, arms full of branches
I am dead fall, dead fall
Last time I came here to visit him
I ran sunburn through the halls
My arms full of tiger lilies
I don't remember this
I was told to go home

To clear the doorstep of flowers
Throw open the blinds in his empty room
Avert my eyes from his fingerprints
Is there something I'm forgetting?

A photo essay of a family in mourning
Perforated ever so slightly to better let the lights
Seep through
Sunday traffic clears a path
We float inches above the road
Close our eyes and drive so slow
Like we never need to get home

To clear the doorstep of flowers
Throw open the blinds in his empty room
Avert our eyes from his fingerprints
Is there something I'm forgetting?

Fall to my knees in the hospital parking lot
On the way in, arms full of branches
I am dead fall, dead fall
Last time I came here to visit him
I ran sunburn through the halls
My arms full of tiger lilies
I don't remember this
I was told to go home

To clear the doorstep of flowers
Throw open the blinds in his empty room
Avert my eyes from his fingerprints
Is there something I'm forgetting?

Why?
When you know you should go,
Is it so hard to leave?

Came this far to say goodbye, to make things right
Instead I fiddle with his blankets
Fetching coffee no one would drink
I am not prepared
Through the hush of debts and the roar of engines
Struggled to recall, this is how it ended
This is how it ends

Home,
Turn the key in the door and fall
For what it seems like an awfully long time
There's something I'm both remembering and forgetting
A name on the tip of my tongue

Why?
When you know you should go,
Is it so hard to leave?

Came this far to say goodbye,
To make things right
Instead I fiddle with his blankets
Fetching coffee no one would drink
I am not prepared
Through the hush of debts and the roar of engines
Struggled to recall, this is how it ended
This is how it ends

Home,
Turn the key in the door and fall
For what it seems like an awfully long time
There's something I'm both remembering and forgetting
A name on the tip of my tongue

Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCJJkFgt_w&feature=related

I can't stop the way I feel
Things you do don't seem real

Tell me what you've got in mind
'Cause we're runnin' out of time
Won't you ever set me free
This waiting round is killing me

She drives me crazy
Like no one else
She drives me crazy
I can't help myself

I can't get any rest
People say I'm obsessed
Everything you say is lies
But to me there's no surprise
What I had for you was true
Things go wrong, they always do

She drives me crazy
Like no one else
She drives me crazy
I can't help myself

I won't make it on my own
No one likes to be alone

She drives me crazy
Like no one else
She drives me crazy
I can't help myself

Uh huh huh

She drives me crazy
Like no one else
She drives me crazy
I can't help myself

Uh huh huh

She drives me crazy
Like no one else
She drives me crazy
I can't help myself

Robert Palmer - "Addicted To Love"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE&feature=related

our lights are on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Your heart sweats, your body shakes
Another kiss is what it takes
You can't sleep, you can't eat
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your throat is tight, you can't breathe
Another kiss is all you need

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love

You see the signs, but you can't read
You're runnin' at a different speed
Your heart beats in double time
Another kiss and you'll be mine, a one track mind
You can't be saved
Oblivion is all you crave
If there's some left for you
You don't mind if you do

Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love

Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love

[break]

Your lights are on, but you're not home
Your will is not your own
You're heart sweats, your teeth grind
Another kiss and you'll be mine
Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love

Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love
Might as well face it, you're addicted to love

Tears For Fears - "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM1RPl0&feature=related

Welcome to your life,
There's no turning back.
Even while sleep,
We will find you.

Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design,
It's my own remorse.
Help me to decide,
Help make the most,

Of freedom and of pleasure,
Nothing ever lasts forever.
Everybody wants to rule the world.

There's a room where the light won't find you,
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down.
When they do I'll be right behind you,

So glad we've almost made it.
So sad they had fade it.
Everybody wants to rule the world.

I can't stand this indecision,
Married with a lack of vision.
Everybody wants to rule the world.

Say that you'll never never never need it.
One headline why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world.

All for freedom and for pleasure,
Nothing ever lasts forever.
Everybody wants to rule the world.

Dexy's Midnight Runners - "Come On Eileen"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q

(Come On Eileen)
(Come On Eileen)

Poor old Johnny Ray
Sounded sad upon the radio
But he moved a million hearts in mono
Our mothers cried
Sang along
Who'd blame them
You've grown, so grown
Now I must say more than ever
(Come On Eileen)
Too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye, aye
And we can sing just like our fathers

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear what he means (what he means)
At this moment you mean everything
You in that dress
My thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty
Oh, come on Eileen

(Come On Eileen)

These people round here
Wear beaten down eyes sunk
In smoke dried faces
They're so resigned to what their fate is
But not us (no not ever)
But not us (not ever)
We are far too young and clever
(Remember)
Too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye, aye
And you'll hum this tune forever

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear what he means
Aah, come on let's
Take off everything
That pretty red dress
Eileen (tell him yes)
Aah, come on let's
Aah, come on Eileen

That pretty red dress
Eileen (tell him yes)
Aah, come on let's
Aah, come on Eileen

Come on Eileen, too-rye-aye
Come on Eileen, too-rye-aye
Now you're full grown
Now you have shown
Oh, Eileen

Say, come on Eileen
These things they are real and I know
How you feel
Now I must say more than ever
Things round here have changed
I say, too-ra-loo-ra, too-ra-loo-rye-aye

Come on Eileen
Oh, I swear (what he means)
At this moment, you mean everything
You in that dress, my thoughts I confess
Which are dirty
Aah, come on Eileen

Aah, come on Eileen
Oh, I swear (what he means)
At this moment, you mean everything
You in that dress, my thoughts I confess
Well, they're dirty
Come on Eileen

Come on Eileen...


The Cure - "Boys Don't Cry"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9hOFOgqOds&feature=related

I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I've said too much
Been too unkind

I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and
Laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

I would break down at your feet
And beg forgiveness
Plead with you
But I know that
It's too late
And now there's nothing I can do

So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to
laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry

I would tell you
That I loved you
If I thought that you would stay
But I know that it's no use
That you've already
Gone away

Misjudged your limits
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
I thought that you needed me more

Now I would do most anything
To get you back by my side
But I just
Keep on laughing
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

Monday 5 November 2012

Roy Orbison - "In Dreams"


A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper:
"Go to sleep, everything is alright"

I close my eyes
Then I drift away
Into the magic night
I softly sway
Oh smile and pray
Like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep
To dream my dreams of you
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/roy+orbison/in+dreams_20119072.html ]
In dreams...I walk with you
In dreams...I talk to you
In dreams...Your mine

All of the time
We're together
In dreams...In dreams

But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it...I can't help it
If I cry
I remember
That you said goodbye
To end all these things
And I'll be happy in my dreams
Only in dreams
In beautiful dreams




The backing band was the TCB Band, which accompanied Elvis Presley from 1969 until his death in 1977: Glen D. Hardin on piano, James Burton on lead guitar, Jerry Scheff on bass, and Ronnie Tutt on drums. Male backing vocalists, /guitarists: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Steven Soles. Female background vocalists: k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, and Bonnie Raitt.

Melissa McClelland - "Passenger 24"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UPNOkJmLpc

Passenger number 24,
I got a bag of cocaine, cut my hair short.
We're gonna fill it up with diesel and American scum
Left a girl in Amarillo 'bout as sweet as rum

A girl in Amarillo
'Bout as sweet as rum

I've a Christian name and a cross in ink
But God don't like it when a poor man think
So I'm a boot camp warrior, United States vet
Got a girl in Orange County, she don't know it yet

A girl in Orange County
Don't know it yet

Well it's four AM and I'm still a 'hound,
We dropped a mean talkin' Yankee off in the last town.
If I were in Kentucky I'd be shooting raccoons,
Stoned as the driver chasing the moon.

Hopped up driver,
Chasing the moon.

Buying smokes for kids and I pocket the change.
Grab a deli stick, a barely legal 'Home on the Range'.
Jump on the bus as he's gunnin' the wheel,
Dust in my tracks, pedal to steel.

Dust in my tracks,
Pedal to steel.
Whoo!

Passenger number 24,
I got a bag of cocaine, cut my hair short.
We're gonna fill it up with diesel and American scum.
Left a girl in Amarillo, sweet as rum.

A girl in Amarillo
'Bout as sweet...

(one, two; a one, two, three)

...as rum