Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me Babe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwdyHcw9tr4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d8o8vNTNao Go 'way from my window Leave at your own chosen speed I'm not the one you want, babe I'm not the one you need You say you're lookin' for someone Who's never weak but always strong To protect you an' defend you Whether you are right or wrong Someone to open each and every door But it ain't me, babe No, no, no, it ain't me babe It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe Go lightly from the ledge, babe Go lightly on the ground I'm not the one you want, babe I will only let you down You say you're lookin' for someone Who will promise never to part Someone to close his eyes for you Someone to close his heart Someone who will die for you an' more But it ain't me, babe No, no, no, it ain't me babe It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe Go melt back in the night Everything inside is made of stone There's nothing in here moving An' anyway I'm not alone You say you're looking for someone Who'll pick you up each time you fall To gather flowers constantly An' to come each time you call A lover for your life an' nothing more But it ain't me, babe No, no, no, it ain't me, babe It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe Songwriters: Bob Dylan It Ain't Me Babe lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Saturday, 3 February 2018

A Girl Like You - Edwin Collins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lamkZ-LSstE I've never known a girl like you before Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' on my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Cause now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never known a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before

Thursday, 21 December 2017

Tonight Alive - The Edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRDVXnACx7Y You said you'd stay, I said I'd wait All those words we spoke in vain I still recall the bitter taste I guess some things never change And then I think of yesterday And every promise that you made I never thought I'd be The one that you would break But I will fight until the day the world stops turning And they will fall to ashes, I will just keep burning But tonight I need you to save me I'm too close to breaking, I see the light I am standing on the edge of my life Standing on the edge of my life Standing on the edge This is how it all turns out You're the hero, I'm left out I should've known you couldn't stand Up for me and be a man I still have dreams of you at night I can't tell the dark from light I never thought I'd be The one you'd leave behind But I will fight until the day the world stops turning And they will fall to ashes, I will just keep burning But tonight I need you to save me I'm too close to breaking, I see the light I am standing on the edge of my life With each step I hold my breath And I'm tangled in your spiderwebs I call out but I fall And I wonder if you ever cared at all But I will fight until the day the world stops turning And they will fall to ashes, I will just keep burning But tonight I need you to save me I'm too close to breaking, I see the light I am standing on the edge of my life Standing on the edge of my life Standing on the edge of my life I am standing on the edge of my life

Laura Marling - A Hard Rains Agonna Fall - cover of Bob Dylan

https://pitchfork.com/news/laura-marling-covers-bob-dylans-a-hard-rains-a-gonna-fall-listen/ Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been my darling young one? I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin' I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin' I saw a white ladder all covered with water I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin' I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin' I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin' I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin' Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall Oh, what did you meet my blue-eyed son ? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony I met a white man who walked a black dog I met a young woman whose body was burning I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow I met one man who was wounded in love I met another man who was wounded in hatred And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son? And what'll you do now my darling young one? I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin' I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison And the executioner's face is always well hidden Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten Where black is the color, where none is the number And I'll tell and speak it and think it and breathe it And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin' But I'll know my song well before I start singing And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7bHe--mp1g Weep for yourself, my man, You'll never be what is in your heart Weep little lion man, You're not as brave as you were at the start Rate yourself and rake yourself, Take all the courage you have left Wasted on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? Didn't I, my dear? Tremble for yourself, my man, You know that you have seen this all before Tremble little lion man, You'll never settle any of your scores Your grace is wasted in your face, Your boldness stands alone among the wreck Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? Didn't I, my dear? But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn't I, my dear? Didn't I, my dear? Tonight Alive's version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qbltGpjhpo

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Ane Brun - All My Tears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNSBctmMI3k When I go don't cry for me In my fathers arms I'll be The wounds this world left on my soul Will all be healed and I'll be whole Sun and moon will be replaced with the light of Jesus face And I will not be ashamed for my savior knows my name It don't matter where you bury me I'll be home and I'll be free It don't matter anywhere I lay All my tears be washed away Gold and silver blind the eye Temporary reaches light Come and eat from heavens store Come and drink and thirst no more So weep not for me my friend when my time does end For my life belongs to him who will raise the dead again It don't matter where you bury me I'll be home and I'll be free It don't matter anywhere I lay All my tears be washed away All my tears be washed away

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls - 'Four Simple Words'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU22lKGevhI Because we're all so very twenty first century, You're probably listening to me on some kind of portable stereo Maybe you're sitting on the back of the bus, Or it's running up your sleeve, and you're across from your boss, Or you're sitting in your bedroom on your own with the lights down low I'd like to teach you four simple words, so that next time you come to a show, You could sing those words back at me like they're the only ones that you know: I want to dance, I want to dance I want lust and love and a smattering of romance But I'm no good at dancing, yet I have to do something Tonight I'm going to play it straight, I'm going to take my chance, I want to dance Hi ho hi ho hi ho, we're heading out to the punk rock show Colleagues and friends condescend with a smile, But this is my culture man, this is my home The dark huddled masses gather at the gate, Yeah, the doors are at 7, and the show starts at 8 A few precious hours in a space of our own, And when the band comes on, the only thing I really know: I want to dance, I want to dance I want lust and love and a smattering of romance But I'm no good at dancing, and yet I have to do something Tonight I'm going to play it straight, I'm going to take my chance, I want to dance Yeah is anybody else sick of the music That's churned out by lacklustre scenesters from Shoreditch? Yeah it's all sex drugs and sins, like they're extras from Skins, But it's OK because they don't really mean it I want bands who had to work for their keep, Drove a thousand miles and played a show on no sleep, Sleeping on the floor in a stranger's place, Hungry just to do it all again the next day I want to dance, I want to dance I want lust and love and a smattering of romance But I'm no good at dancing, and yet I have to do something Tonight I'm going to play it straight, I'm going to take my chance, I want to dance So put your hands on your hips, bring your knees in tight Yeah we do this shit together man, no fists, no fights We're not trying to shape the world so people think like us, We just want our own space to dance, no favors no fuss On blood sweat and vinyl we have a built ourselves a house, So if the roof is on fire then we're going to put it out Forget about the bitching and remember that you're blessed, Punk is for the kids who never fit in with the rest, alright Somebody told me that music with guitars Was going out of fashion, and I had to laugh This shit wasn't fashionable when I fell in love, If the hipsters move on why should I give a fuck? I want to dance, I want to dance, I want me some lust and love and a smattering of that old time romance But I'm no good at dancing, yet I have to do something Tonight I'm going to play it straight, I'm going to take my chance Yeah, I want to dance, I want to dance I want me and you both to join hands down at the front So the next time I see you, remember these words so We'll sing like the barricades are down, and we'll dance like no one's around, Singing four simple words Songwriters: Frank Turner Four Simple Words lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC