No "talking"

[Justlooking]

Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics

Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Big wheels keep on turning

Carry me home to see my kin

Singing songs about the Southland

I miss Alabamy once again

And I think its a sin, yes

Well I heard mister Young sing about her

Well, I heard ole Neil put her down

Well, I hope Neil Young will remember

A Southern man don't need him around anyhow

Sweet home Alabama

Where the skies are so blue

Sweet Home Alabama

Lord, I'm coming home to you

In Birmingham they love the governor

Now we all did what we could do

Now Watergate does not bother me

Does your conscience bother you?

Tell the truth

Sweet home Alabama

Where the skies are so blue

Sweet Home Alabama

Lord, I'm coming home to you

Here I come Alabama

Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers

And they've been known to pick a song or two

Lord they get me off so much

They pick me up when I'm feeling blue

Now how about you?

Sweet home Alabama

Where the skies are so blue

Sweet Home Alabama

Lord, I'm coming home to you

Sweet home Alabama

Oh sweet home baby

Where the skies are so blue

And the governor's true

Sweet Home Alabama

Lordy

Lord, I'm coming home to you

Yea, yea Montgomery's got the answer

[Lindy]

Thanks for the smiles JL... had fun singing along with the words... forgot how much I enjoyed Lynyrd Skynyrd :)

Here's one of those goofy songs I love...and had fun with:

BOA CONSTRICTOR ( Peter, Paul and Mary)

I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor

I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor

I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor

And I don't like it very much!

Oh no, oh no, he swallowed my toe,

he swallowed my toe

Oh gee, oh gee, he's up to my knee,

he's up to my knee

Oh fiddle, oh fiddle, he's reached my middle,

he's reached my middle

Oh heck, oh heck, he's up to my neck,

he's up to my neck

Oh dread, oh dread, he swallowed my.... schlirppp!

(Shel Silverstein)

[Lindy]

Cowboy Bill

He told a good story

And all us kids listened

'bout his life on the border

And the way it was then

And we all believed

And when he would finish

We'd ask the old cowboy

To tell 'em again

You could almost hear

Those prairie winds blowing

His saddle a creakin'

'neath his old faded jeans

You could taste the dry dust

From the trail he was ridin'

As he sat there and painted

Those west texas scenes

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep yer distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

He told of a time

When he rode with the rangers

Down on the pecos

And he saved the day

Outnumbered by plenty

They were almost to cover

With 30 banditos

Headed their way

He looked back just in time

To see a horse stumble

The captain went down

And Bill pulled up on his reigns

Through a flurry of bullets

He rescued the captain

They rode for the sunset

Just the story remains

And the grown-ups would tell us

You boys keep yer distance

That old man's just telling you lies

But to all of us kids

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

Well I still remember

The day that it happened

We waited and we waited

But Bill never showed

The folks at the feed store

Said they hadn't seen him

So we set out for his place

Down on old grist mill road

And we cried when we found him

Lying there with his memories

The old trunk wide open

Things scattered about

He was clutching a badge

That said Texas Rangers

And an old yeller letter

Said "Texas is Proud"

And the grown-ups that told us

You boys keep yer distance

That old man's just telling you lies

Now... they're all saying

Cowboy Bill was a hero

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

Just as true

As the blue texas sky.

Garth Brooks

[Guest sugarbay]

Reading Soulslast two entries, he get the awrd for killer lyrics. Wow! B)

[Justlooking]

That's Amore

- Artist: Dean Martin

(In Napoli where love is King, when boy meets girl, here's what they say)

When the moon hits your eye like a big-a pizza pie

That's amore

When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine

That's amore

Bells'll ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling

And you'll sing "Vita bella"

Hearts'll play tippi-tippi-tay, tippi-tippi-tay

Like a gay tarantella

When the stars make you drool joost-a like pasta fazool

That's amore

When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet, you're in love

When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreamin', signore

'scusa me, but you see, back in old Napoli, that's amore

(When the moon hits your eye like a big-a pizza pie, that's amore)

That's amore

(When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore)

That's amore

Bells will ring

ting-a-ling-a-ling

ting-a-ling-a-ling

And you'll sing "Vita bella"

Vita bell-vita bella

Hearts will play

tippi-tippi-tay, tippi-tippi-tay

Like a gay tarantella

Lucky fella

When the stars make you drool just like pasta fazool

That's amore (that's amore)

When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet, you're in love

When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming, signore

'scusa me, but you see, back in old Napoli, that's amore

Amore

That's amore

[Justlooking]

Mambo Italiano

Artist: Rosemary Clooney

A girl went back to Napoli

Because she missed the scenery

The native dances and the charming songs

But wait a minute, something's wrong

Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano!

Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano

Go, go, go you mixed up sicialiano

All you calabraise-a do the mambo like a crazy with a

Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella

Hey mambo, no more a mozzarella

Hey mambo! Mambo italiano!

Try an enchilada with da fish a bac a lab and then a

Hey goombah, I love a how you dance a rhumbah

But take a some advice paisano

Learn how to mambo

If you gonna be a square

You ain't a gonna go nowhere

Hey mambo! mambo italiano!

Hey mambo! mambo italiano!

Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanno

Hello kess-a-deetch-a you getta happy in the feets a

When you mambo italiano

Shake-a Baby shake-a cause i love a when you take a me

Mama say "stop-a or I'm gonna go to papa"

And a hey ja drool you don't a have to go to school

Just make-a wid da beat bambino

It's a like a vino

Kid you good a lookin' but you don't a-know what's cookin' till you

Hey mambo, Mambo italiano

Hey mambo, Mambo italiano

Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano

it's a so delish a ev'rybody come copisha

How to mambo italianoooooo!

'Ats nice!

UNH!

[Lindy]

Was talking to someone in Chat having a hard time with some things in life.... and I have friends going through some trials of their own...so I found this poem:

DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low, and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don't give up though the pace seems slow,

You might succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far.

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,

It's when things seem worse, that you must not quit.

Author Unknown

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Life is full of ups and downs....sometimes we just have to rely on faith to help us through. Some of our greatest strengths come from the trials we have had placed before us. Even with nothing left but your faith.... you have the one thing that can get you through....

"I Never Said It Would Be Easy, I Only Said It Would Be Worth It"

2 Cor. 12: 9-10

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

[Justlooking]

good one lindy TY :)

[Setheus]

He said "I'll love you till I die",

She told him "You'll forget in time"

As the years went slowly by,

She still preyed upon his mind

He kept her picture on his wall,

Went half-crazy now and then

He still loved her through it all,

Hoping she'd come back again

Kept some letters by his bed

Dated nineteen sixty-two

He had underlined in red

Every single "I love you"

I went to see him just today,

Oh but I didn't see no tears

All dressed up to go away,

First time I'd seen him smile in years

He stopped loving her today

They placed a wreath upon his door

And soon they'll carry him away

He stopped loving her today

You know, she came to see him one last time.

Oh, and' we all wondered if she would.

And it kept running' through my mind-

"This time he's over her for good."

[CharlieDesRosiers]

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

(T.S. Eliot, the last four lines of The Hollow Men)

[Justlooking]

Donna Summer

Last Dance

Last dance

Last dance for love

Yes, it’s my last change

For romance tonight

I need you, by me,

Beside me, to guide me,

To hold me, to scold me,

’cause when I’m bad

I’m so, so bad

So let’s dance, the last dance

Let’s dance, the last dance

Let’s dance, this last dance tonight

Last dance, last dance for love

Yes, it’s my last change

For romance tonight

Oh, I need you, by me,

Beside me, to guide me,

To hold me, to scold me,

’cause when I’m bad

I’m so, so bad

So let’s dance, the last dance

Let’s dance, the last dance

Let’s dance, this last dance tonight

Yeah, will you be my mr. right?

Can you fill my appetite

I can’t be sure

That you’re the one for me

But all that I ask

Is that you dance with me

Dance with me, dance with me, yeah

Oh I need you, by me,

Beside me, to guide me,

To hold me, to scold me,

’cause when I’m bad

I’m so, so bad

So let’s dance, this last dance

Let’s dance, this last dance

Let’s dance, this last dance tonight

Oh I need you, by me,

To beside, to guide me,

To hold me, to scold me,

’cause when I’m bad

I’m so, so bad

So, come on baby, dance that dance

Come on baby, dance that dance

Come on baby, let’s dance tonight...

[Lindy]

Now I was reading JL's song, and another dance song came to mind:

"The Dance"

Looking back on the memory of

The dance we shared 'neath the stars above

For a moment all the world was right

How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end the way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain

But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything

For a moment wasn't I a king

But if I'd only known how the king would fall

Hey who's to say you know I might have changed it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end the way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain

But I'd of had to miss the dance

Yes my life is better left to chance

I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

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The song and the video together really makes you think about life...

I'm sure there are a lot of us, who would never give up the dance.

P.S. I was contemplating "Friends In Low Places" but thought "The Dance" was more church siteish :)

[CharlieDesRosiers]

Admire me, admire my home,

Admire my song, here's my coat.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

This land is mine, this land is free,

I'll do what I want but irresponsibly.

It's evolution, baby.

I'm a thief, I'm a liar,

There's my church, I sing in the choir:

Hallelujah,

Hallelujah,..

(from Pearl Jam's Do The Evolution)

[Outshined]

Turning Thirty

I've got a house down by the ocean

the rent is not too high

and I love to watch the ships come in

and hear the seagulls cry

and lately I've been taking stock

of all that I've been through

oh tomorrow is my birthday

feels funny but it's true

I'm turning thirty

now I've got a wife who really loves me

she makes my life so sweet

and a little baby daughter

who plays games around my feet

and my world is very different

from lost lazy bachelor years

but if i had the chance to go back

I'd rather stay right here

turning thirty

and I have friends who care about me

they're the best i've ever had

and they always stood behind me

whenever times got bad

and I love to play my music

though the road can be at trial

but every time I walk on stage

it's worth each dusty mile

turning thirty

well, now thirty ain't like fifteen

and it's not like twenty-five

my back's a little stiff

and there're some lines around my eyes

but I've still got my energy

and I've got most of my hair

and I'm not too old to rock 'n roll

and I'm not really scared

of turning thirty

I wrote this song eight years ago

my, how time flies and so do I

oh, the nineties look like tough times

the world is turning sour

so I'll keep on serving jesus

and await the final hour

and though i've often failed him

in these thirty rocky years

his mercy brought me this far

and his love has dried my years

I'm turning thirty

I'll treasure these years

I'm turning thirty

I'll treasure these years turning thirty

[Outshined]

The Gods of Men

I used to dream of being famous

Well, my name would be a household word.

I thought that it would thrill me, then I saw that it could kill me

Now it strikes me as a little absurd.

I used to dream of being Don Juan,

Of having all these pretty girls on my mind.

It made shambles of my mind, so I found myself a wife

Who's a lover and a friend of mine.

Chorus:

As the world, keeps turning 'round,

You either learn to bend with the wind or it knocks you down.

Turn your back on the gods of men

And the Lord, who is true, will give life back to you again.

I used to dream of being a rich man,

Yeah, I swore I'd have it all someday.

Once you chase it you will find that it isn't worth a dime

Until you're free enough to give it away.

And I used to dream of chasing vengance

All my enemies would crawl and sweat.

Well my happiness was drained from reliving all the pain

Now I'm learning to forgive and forget.

Chorus

I used to dream of being a wanderer,

With just my sneakers and my own guitar.

Well, it got lonely right away, now I'm happy just to play

With my daughter in my own back yard.

And I used to dream of being a hero,

Yeah, I told myself I'd never fall down.

But I couldn't take the strain and Jesus is the name

Of the only hero I've ever found.

Chorus

[Justlooking]

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

Is this the real life?

Is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide

No escape from reality

Open your eyes

Look up to the skies and see

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy

Because I'm easy come, easy go

A little high, little low

Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

Mama, just killed a man

Put a gun against his head

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead

Mama, life had just begun

But now I've gone and thrown it all away

Mama, ooo

Didn't mean to make you cry

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters

Too late, my time has come

Sends shivers down my spine

Body's aching all the time

Goodbye everybody - I've got to go

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

Mama, ooo - (anyway the wind blows)

I don't want to die

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

I see a little silhouetto of a man

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango

Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me

Gallileo, Gallileo,

Gallileo, Gallileo,

Gallileo Figaro - magnifico

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me

He's just a poor boy from a poor family

Spare him his life from this monstrosity

Easy come easy go - will you let me go

Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go

Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go

Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go

Will not let you go - let me go (never)

Never let you go - let me go

Never let me go - ooo

No, no, no, no, no, no, no -

Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me

for me

for me

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye

So you think you can love me and leave me to die

Oh baby - can't do this to me baby

Just gotta get out - just gotta get right outta here

Ooh yeah, ooh yeah

Nothing really matters

Anyone can see

Nothing really matters - nothing really matters to me

Anyway the wind blows...

[pushka]

Fantastic song, Fantastic group, Fantastic Freddie!!! :)

[pushka]

Another 2 of my personal faves from Freddie's pen:

You Take My Breath Away

Words and music by freddie mercury

Oooh oooh take it take it all away

Oooh ooh take my breath away

Oooh ooh yoooo take my breath away

Look into my eyes and you’ll see I’m the only one

You’ve captured my love stolen my heart

Changed my life

Every time you make a move you destroy my mind

And the way you touch

I lose control and shiver deep inside

You take my breath away

You can reduce me to tears with a single sigh

Ev’ry breath that you take

Any sound that you make is a whisper in my ear

I could give up all my life for just one kiss

I would surely die if you dismiss me from your love

You take my breath away

So please don’t go

Don’t leave me here all by myself

I get ever so lonely from time to time

I will find you anywhere you go

I’ll be right behind you

Right until the ends of the earth

I’ll get no sleep until I find you

To tell you that you just take my breath away

I will find you anywhere you go

Right until the ends of the earth

I’ll get no sleep until I find you

To tell you when I’ve found you

I love you

Take my breath take my breath ... away

One written for one of his 4 cats:

Delilah

Delilah, delilah, oh my, oh my, oh my - you’re irresistible

You make me smile when I’m just about to cry

You bring me hope, you make me laugh - you like it

You get away with murder, so innocent

But when you throw a moody you’re all claws and you bite -

That’s alright!

Delilah, delilah, oh my, oh my, oh my - you’re unpredictable

You make me so very happy

When you cuddle up and go to sleep beside me

And then you make me slightly mad

When you pee all over my chippendale suite

Delilah, delilah,

Hey - hey - hey,

You take over my house and home

You even try to answer my telephone

Delilah, you’re the apple of my eyes

Meeow, meeow, meeow,

Delilah - I love you

Oh you make me so very happy - you give me kisses

And I go out of my mind ooh,

Meeow, meeow, meeow, meeow,

You’re irresistible - I love you delilah

Delilah - I love you

Oooh - I love your kisses

Oooh - I love your kisses...

[CharlieDesRosiers]

Bat your eyes girl, be otherworldly,

Count your blessings, (edit)

Whats so wrong with being happy?

Kudos to those who see through sickness

Over and over and over and over and ooh

She woke in the morning

She knew that her life had passed her by

And she called out a warning,

Dont ever let life pass you by

I suggest we learn to love

Ourselves before it's made illegal

When will we learn?

When will we change?

Just in time to see it all come down...

Those left standing will make millions

Writing books on the way it should have been

When she woke in the morning,

she knew that her life had passed her by

And she called out a warning,

Dont ever let life pass you by.

Floating in this cosmic jaccuzi,

We are like frogs oblivious

Soon the water, starting to boil,

No one flinches,

We all float face down

She woke in the morning

She knew that her life had passed her by

And she called out a warning,

Dont ever let life pass you by.

(Incubus - Warning; with my emphasis)

[Justlooking]

Another 2 of my personal faves from Freddie's pen:

Yes, he was a great singer... trained for the operah!

[disturbed]

Breathe No More

I've been looking in the mirror for so long.

That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side.

Oh the little pieces falling, shatter.

Shards of me,

To sharp to put back together.

To small to matter,

But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces.

If I try to touch her,

And I bleed,

I bleed,

And I breathe,

I breathe no more.

Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well.

Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child.

Lie to me,

Convince me that I've been sick forever.

And all of this,

Will make sense when I get better.

I know the difference,

Between myself and my reflection.

I just can't help but to wonder,

Which of us do you love.

So I bleed,

I bleed,

And I breathe,

I breathe now...

Bleed,

I bleed,

And I breathe,

I breathe,

I breathe-

I breathe no more.

[pushka]

Originally posted by pushka@Jan 10 2006, 01:44 AM

Another 2 of my personal faves from Freddie's pen:

Yes, he was a great singer... trained for the operah!

Justlooking, you're soo right...

You know, since his lyrics were first posted here a couple of day ago, I've been downloading more and more of the Queen and Freddie Mercury back catalogue of albums/videos, including a BBC1 tribute to Freddie after he died. I've been very tearful watching this great man in action, and seeing his tragic demise...still missed by so many.

[Seraphim Moonshadow]

"The Road of Flowers"

I saw two roads ahead–one of happiness, one of dread

The one of ill looked so beautiful flowers draped upon its hills

While the one of happiness was filled with rocks and steep rills

Each one held its promise–one of easiness but emptiness

One of truth, one solid and firm but required the sacrifice of self

Could there be no easier way to the ones in which I desire?

No, said I, I am the sacrifice this road doth require

The scrubland to the heath and all is summer fair

Slippery and dangerous will it be in winter’s care

But so low in the valley as I climb this hill, I see that the road

That once looked so beautiful is well-worn and dead

Too many travelers have walked this road, too many their goals lost

Too easily we look at autumn and think it’s summer when there is no frost

We can be slow to hear and tread down that easily way that lead straightaway

To the pits we call misery, terror, and most of all, despair;

I would have walked that road too if I did not have one who does care

So endearingly for me.

[Justlooking]

Grandmaw Got Run Over By A Reindeer

Irish Rovers

Grandmaw got run over by a reindeer

Walking home from our house Christmas eve.

You can say there's no such thing as Santa,

But as for me and Grandpaw, we believe.

She'd been drinkin' too much egg nog,

And we'd begged her not to go.

But she'd left her medication,

So she stumbled out the door into the snow.

When they found her Christmas mornin',

At the scene of the attack.

There were hoof prints on her forehead,

And incriminatin' Claus marks on her back.

Grandmaw got run over by a reindeer,

Walkin' home from our house Christmas eve.

You can say there's no such thing as Santa,

But as for me and Grandpaw, we believe.

Now were all so proud of Grandpaw,

He's been takin' this so well.

See him in there watchin' football,

Drinkin' beer and playin' cards with cousin Belle.

It's not Christmas without Grandmaw.

All the family's dressed in black.

And we just can't help but wonder:

Should we open up her gifts or send them back?

Grandmaw got run over by a reindeer,

Walkin' home from our house Christmas eve.

You can say there's no such thing as Santa,

But as for me and Grandpaw, we believe.

Now the goose is on the table

And the pudding made of fig.

And a blue and silver candle,

That would just have matched the hair in Grandmaw's wig.

I've warned all my friends and neighbours.

Better watch out for yourselves."

They should never give a license,

To a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves.

Grandmaw got run over by a reindeer,

Walkin' home from our house, Christmas eve.

You can say there's no such thing as Santa,

But as for me and Grandpaw, we believe.

[Laureltree]

RECIPE FOR FRIENDSHIP

Fold two hands together

And express a dash of sorrow

Marinate it overnight

And work on it tomorrow

Chop one grudge in tiny pieces

Add several cups of love

Dredge with a large sized smile

Mix with the ingredients above

Dissolve the hate within you

By doing a good deed

Cut in and help your friend

If he should be in need

Stir in laughter, love, and kindness

From the heart it has to come

Toss with genuine forgiveness

And give your neighbor some

The amount of people served

Will depend on you

It can serve the whole wide world

If you really want it to

~ Author Unknown ~