Come on everybody...sing your favorite song!!!

[speck76]

You know my girl just called me up
And she woke me from my sleep
You should have heard the things she said
You know she hurt my feelings deep.

I’m gonna buy me a dog [a dog, a dog! why? ]
’cause I need a friend now. [say, you need all the friends you can get]
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
My girl, my girl, don’t love me no how.

She used to bring me my newspaper
’cause she knew where it was at.
She used to keep me so contented.
But I can teach a dog to do that.

I’m gonna buy me a dog,
’cause I need a friend now
I’m gonna buy me a dog,
My girl, my girl, don’t love me no how.

 

[darthdarrel]

This is my third favorite song!
Everything Counts

phantom phantom phantom Lead singer: David Gahan
Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing credit: ©1983 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. Lyrics electronically reprinted with permission.


phantom
phantom phantom
The handshake seals the contract
From the contract there's no turning back
The turning point of a career
In Korea being insincere
The holiday was fun-packed
The contract, still intact

The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves - after all
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves - after all
It's a competitive world

Everything counts in large amounts

The graph on the wall
Tells the story of it all
Picture it now see just how
The lies and deceit gained a little more power
Confidence - taken in
By a suntan and a grin

The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves - after all
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves - after all
It's a competitive world

Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

 

[stranger]

The Nearness of you

It's not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
It's just the nearness of you

It isn't your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation, oh no
It's just the nearness of you

When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true

I need no soft lights to enchant me
If you'll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you

 

[tigsmom]

Autopilot Off Divine Intervention

Divine intervention
So few and far between
Like lightning when it touches to the ground
Answer me the question
I'm ready to believe
I hold my breath before I let it out

The face we show
The one we hide
The hands we hold and leave behind
For all we lose
And all we find
Here while we live and while we die.

The wait for redemption
It gets heavy on the mind
And I burn my eyes out staring at the sun
At this intersection
We are looking for the signs
And up ahead these roads they bend to one

The ties we bind
The ones we break
The solid ground beneath us shakes
What it tears down and what it makes
And what we give is all we'll take

(To ride along the horizon
When these days are gone
It's what we become
As we ride along the horizon
When theses days are gone
It's what we become.)

The face we show
The one we hide
The hands we hold and leave behind
For all we lose
And all we find
Here while we live and while we die.
The ties we bind
The ones we break
The solid ground beneath us shakes
What it tears down and what it makes
And what we give is all we'll take.

Divine intervention
Hanging in the air we breathe
And I'll fill my lungs with all that they can hold
As for all the questions
We've got everything we need
To guide us now whichever way we go.

 

[tigsmom]

The 12th Day (a tribute to 9/11)

Through the longest night, by this candle-light
We stand to cut the dark in two
And the concrete rain shattered window panes
But, no, it never shattered you
As long as there is blood inside my veins...

I will sing this out
'Till the sun beats down
And we rise to meet the sky...
On that day, I swear
I will see you there
I will heal these wounded eyes...
These wounded eyes!

And the 12th day showed that the sun still rose
As we tried to find our way
Through the steel and smoke, though it smouldered
We were cold and blanketed by grey
All we had was everything we gave...

I will sing this out
'Till the sun beats down
And we rise to meet the sky...
On that day, I swear
I will see you there
I will heal these wounded eyes...
These wounded eyes!

And our scars have made us stronger
Turning strangers into brothers
We remember, we recover
As we hold on to each other
And our scars have made us stronger!
Turning strangers into brothers!
As we hold on to each other!
In a silent moment, we think of you now

I will sing this out
'Till the sun beats down
And we rise to meet the sky...
On that day, I swear
I will see you there
I will heal these wounded eyes...
These wounded eyes!

These empty spaces, across a bruised skyline
The names and faces, I can't erase them from my mind
These empty spaces, across a bruised skyline
The names and faces, I can't erase them from my mind

 

[speck76]

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I got three favorite cars
That get most of my job done.
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
I got "and", "but", and "or",
They'll get you pretty far.

"And":
That's an additive, like "this and that".
"But":
That's sort of the opposite,
"Not this but that".
And then there's "or":
O-R, when you have a choice like
"This or that".
"And", "but", and "or",
Get you pretty far.

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two boxcars and making 'em run right.
Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice.
Hey that's nice!
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching,
Losing your shoe and a button or two.
He's poor but honest, sad but true,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up two cars to one
When you say something like this choice:
"Either now or later"
Or no choice:
"Neither now nor ever"
Hey that's clever!
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat,
Never mind, I wouldn't do that,
I'm fat enough now!

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
He cut loose the sandbags,
But the balloon wouldn't go any higher.
Let's go up to the mountains,
Or down to the sea.
You should always say "thank you",
Or at least say "please".

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses
In complex sentences like:

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
Hooking up cars and making 'em function.
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses.
Conjunction Junction, watch that function.
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful.

 

[tigsmom]

Conjunction Junction, what's your function?

:sohappy: I love these...

}} {Cough! Cough! Cough!}

When Reginald was home with flu, (uh huh)
The doctor knew just what to do:
He cured the infection,
With one small injection,
While Reginald uttered some interjections:

}} {Hey! That smarts!
}} Ouch! That hurts!
}} Yow! That's not fair, giving a guy a shot down there!}

Interjections }} {Hey!}
Show excitement, }} {Yow!}
Or emotion. }} {Ouch!}
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong. Mmmm...

Though Geraldine played hard to get, (uh huh)
Geraldo knew he'd woo her yet.
He showed his affection,
Despite her objections,
And Geraldine hollered some interjections:

}} {Well! You've got some nerve!
}} Oh! I've never been so insulted in all my life!
}} Hey! You're kinda cute!}

Interjections }} {Well!}
Show excitement, }} {Oh!}
Or emotion. }} {Hey!}
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

So when you're happy }} {Hurray!}
Or sad }} {Aw!}
Or frightened }} {Eeeeeek!}
Or mad }} {Rats!}
Or excited }} {Wow!}
Or glad }} {Hey!}
An interjection starts a sentence right!

The game was tied at seven all, (uh huh)
When Franklin found he had the ball.
He made a connection,
In the other direction,
And the crowd starting shouting out interjections:

}} {Aw! You threw the wrong way!}
}} {Darn! You just lost the game!}
}} {Hurray! I'm for the other team!}

Interjections }} {Aw!}
Show excitement, }} {Darn!}
Or emotion. }} {Hurray!}
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point,
Or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

So when you're happy }} {Hurray!}
Or sad }} {Aw!}
Or frightened }} {Eeeeeek!}
Or mad }} {Rats!}
Or excited }} {Wow!}
Or glad }} {Hey!}
An interjection starts a sentence right!

Interjections }} {Hey!}
Show excitement, }} {Hey!}
Or emotion. }} {Hey!}
They're generally set apart from a sentence
By an exclamation point
or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.

Interjections!
Show excitement!
Or emotion!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah... yea!!

}} {Darn, that's the end.}

 

[1stStarIC2nite]

The Phantom Of The Opera

One of my Broadway favorites...

"All I Ask Of You"

"No more talk
of darkness,
Forget these
wide-eyed fears.
I'm here,
nothing can harm you -
my words will
warm and calm you.

Let me be
your freedom,
let daylight
dry -your tears.
I'm here,
with you, beside you,
to guard you
and to guide you . . .

Say you love me
every
waking moment,
turn my head
with talk of summertime . . .

Say you need me
with you,
now and always . . .
promise me that all
you say is true -
that's all I ask
of you . . .

Let me be
your shelter,
let me
be your light.
You're safe:
No-one will find you
your fears are
far behind you . . .

All I want
is freedom,
a world with
no more night . . .
and you
always beside me
to hold me
and to hide me . . .

Then say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Iet me lead you
from your solitude . . .

Say you need me
with you
here, beside you . . .
anywhere you go,
let me go too -
Christine,
that's all I ask
of you . . .

Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
say the word
and I will follow you . . .

Share each day with
me, each
night, each morning . . .

Say you love me . . .

You know I do . . .

Love me -
that's all I ask
of you . . ."

 

[speck76]

My preference from PotO

You were once
my one companion . . .
you were all
that mattered . . .
You were once
a friend and father -
then my world
was shattered . . .
Wishing you were
somehow here again . . .
wishing you were
somehow near . . .
Sometimes it seemed
if I just dreamed,
somehow you would
be here . . .
Wishing I could
hear your voice again . . .
knowing that I
never would . . .
Dreaming of you
won't help me to do
all that you dreamed
I could . . .
Passing bells
and sculpted angels,
cold and monumental,
seem, for you,
the wrong companions -
you were warm and gentle . . .
Too many years
fighting back tears . . .
Why can't the past
just die . . .?
Wishing you were
somehow here again . . .
knowing we must
say goodbye . . .
Try to forgive . . .
teach me to live . . .
give me the strength
to try . . .
No more memories,
no more silent tears . . .
No more gazing across
the wasted years . . .
Help me say
goodbye.

 

[rosebud's mom]

Shades of Gray


When the world & I were young, just yesterday
Life was such a simple game, a child could play.
It was easy then to tell right from wrong,
Easy then to tell weak from strong,
When a man should stand & fight,
Or just go along.

But today there is no day or night.
Today there is no dark or light.
Today there is no black or white.
Only shades of gray.

I remember when the answers seemed so clear.
We had never lived with doubt, or tasted fear.
It was easy then to tell truth from lies,
Selling out from compromise.
Who to love & who to hate,
The foolish from the wise.

But today there is no day or night.
Today there is no dark or light.
Today there is no black or white.
Only shades of gray.
It was easy then to know what was fair.
When to keep and when to share,
How much to protect your heart.
And how much to care.

But today there is no day or night.
Today there is no dark or light.
Today there is no black or white.
Only shades of gray...
Only shades of gray......

 

[rosebud's mom]

Mommy & Daddy


Ask your Mommy & Daddy what happened to the Indian.
How come they're all living in places with too much snow or tooo much sand?
Tell your Mommy I've got a funny feeling deep inside of me.
Ask your Daddy is it really as bad as people make it seem?

Wak ta tika ta tu tu
Wak to tika ta tu tu

Ask you Mommy why everybody swallows all those little pills?
Ask your Daddy why doesn't that soldier care who he kills ?
After they've put you to sleep & tucked you safely down in your bed,
Whisper Mommy & Daddy would you rather that I learned it from my friends instead ?

Do you think I'm too young to know to see and feel or hear ?
My questions need an answer or a vaccuum will appear.
Don't be surprised if they turn & walk away,
But tell your Mommy & Daddy that you love 'em anyway.
That you love 'em anyway......

 

[tigsmom]

Paint the town
Take a bow
Thank everybody
You're gonna do it again
Are are the few, the proud
You are the antibody
Mind soul, and zen

And the world's a stage
And the world's a faze
And the end is near

So push rewind
Just in time
Thank anybody
You're gonna do it again

The way the you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
Then the morning come

Take your knocks
Shake them off
Duck everybody
You're gonna take them again
You are you foe
Your friend
You are the paparazzi
You are the tragedian

And the world's a craze
And the world's a faze
And the end is near

So push rewind
Just in time
Thank anybody
You're gonna do it again

The way the you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
And when it comes it moves so slow
Kinda like it's saying I told you so
Looking back before she goes
Tomorrow's gonna hurt

And the world's a stage
And the world's faze
And the end is near

So push rewind
Just in time
Thank anybody

It's just the way that you walk
It's just the way that you talk
Like it ain't no thing
And every single day is just a fling
Then the morning comes

 

[rosebud's mom]

2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere.
I've told you everything I possibly can.
There's nothing left inside of me.
And maybe you can cry all night,
but that'll never change the way that I feel.
The snow is really piling up outside.
I wish you wouldn't make me leave here.

I've poured it on, and I've poured it out.
I've tried to show you just how much I care.
I'm tired of words & I'm too hoarse to shout.
But you've been cold to me so long, I'm crying icicles instead of tears.

And all I can do is keep on telling you
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad,
'cause 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

You'll never find gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street.
I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks,
but there ain't no Coupe deVille hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

I can't lie - I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not
No matter how I try I'll never be able to give you something
Something that I just haven't got.

Now there's only one girl that I will ever love.
But that was so many years ago.
And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart,
She never loved me back, ooh

I remember how she left me on a stormy night.
How she kissed me & got out of our bed.
And though I pleaded and I begger her not to walk out that door,
She packed her bags and turned right away

And she kept on tellinig me
She kept on telling me
She kept on telling me
I want you
I need you
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad
'Cause 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

 

[rosebud's mom]

It's the Little Things - Alice Cooper ( I had to get around to him !)
You can burn my house
You can cut my hair
You can make me wrestle naked with a grizzly bear.
You can poison my cat - baby I don't care.
but if you talk in the movies.....
I'll kill you right there!

It's the little things
It's just the little things
Aw, it's the little things
It's just the little things
Yeah, it's the little things
That drive me wild !

I'm like a mad dog
I'm on a short leash
I'm on a tight rope,
I'm hanging by a thread.
I'm on some thin ice,
You push me too far,
Welcome to my nightmare,
No more Mr. Nice guy !

You can steal my car & drive it into the lake.
You can stick me in the oven and set it on bake.
You could throw a big brick through my windowpane,
but if I ever hear you ask me how I got my name..........

It's the little things
It's just the little things
Aw, it's the little things
It's just the little things
Yeah, it's the little things
That drive me wild !

I'm like a mad dog
I'm on a short leash
I'm on a tight rope,
I'm hanging by a thread.
I'm on some thin ice,
You push me too far,
Welcome to my nightmare,
No more Mr. Nice guy !

I've done it all. I mean I've been everywhere.
I've been beaten, I've been stabbed.
I've been hung, I've been buried alive.
And I can deal with that !
But it's the little things....

It's the little things
It's just the little things
Aw, it's the little things
It's just the little things
Yeah, it's the little things
That drive me wild !

I'm like a mad dog
I'm on a short leash
I'm on a tight rope,
I'm hanging by a thread.
I'm on some thin ice,
You push me too far,
I'm just a psycho pathic psycho pathic

I'm like a mad dog
I'm on a short leash
I'm on a tight rope,
I'm hanging by a thread.
I'm on some thin ice,
You push me too far,
Welcome to my nightmare,
No more Mr. Nice guy !

It's the little things
Aw, it's the little things
It's just the little things !

 

[rosebud's mom]

Desperado - by Alice Cooper (not the Eagles one, though its good, too !)

I'm a gambler
And I'm a runner
But you knew that
When you lay down

I'm a picture
Of ugly stories
I'm a killer
And I'm a clown

Step into the street by sundown
Step into your last goodbye
You're a target just by living
Twenty dollars will make you die

I wear lace
And I wear black leather
My hands are lightning up
On my gun

My shots are clean
And my, my shots are final
My shots are deadly
And when it's done

You're as stiff as my smoking barrel
You're as dead as a desert night
You're a notch
And I'm a legend
You're at peace
And I must hide

Tell where the hell I'm going
Let my bones fall in the dust
Can't you hear that ghost that's calling
As my Colt begins to rust
In the dust

I'm a killer
I'm a clown
I'm a priest
That's gone to town

 

[rosebud's mom]

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small,
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall.
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall,
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call.
Call Alice
When she was just small.
When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low.
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know.
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead,
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the dormouse said:
"Keep your head. Keep your head. Keep your head"

 

[tigsmom]

Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger,
you may see a stranger
Across a crowded room
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see her
Again and again.

Some enchanted evening
Someone may be laughin',
You may hear her laughin'
Across a crowded room
And night after night,
As strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter
Will sing in your dreams.

Who can explain it?
Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.

Some enchanted evening
When you find your true love,
When you feel her call you
Across a crowded room,
Then fly to her side,
And make her your own
For all through your life you
May dream all alone.

Once you have found her,
Never let her go.
Once you have found her,
Never let her go!

 

[1stStarIC2nite]

Hairspray!

Yet another Broadway and personal favorite..

"You Can't Stop The Beat!"

"You can't stop an avalanche as it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl, but you know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancing feet, but I just cannot stand still!

'Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and round
And my heart's keepin' time to the speed of the sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way
'Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since the whole world began
A woman found out if she shake it, she could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy in the best that I can today
'Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder, if you wanna, but I never ask why
And if you try to hold me down, I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That You Can't Stop the Beat!

Whaddya have to say, Penny?

I am now a checkerboard Chick!

You can't stop the river as it rushes to the sea
You can try to stop the hands of time, but you know it just won't be!
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed, I'll call the N-double A-C-P!

Cause the world keeps spinnin round and round
And my heart's keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way
Cause you cant stop the beat!

Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night
So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today
Cause you cant stop the motion of the ocean, or the rain from above
They can try to stop the paradise were dreamin of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay
Cause you cant stop the beat!

Tracy, I have a little something to I'd like to add if you don't mind

You can't stop my happiness, cause I like the way I am
And you just can't stop my knife and fork when I see a Christmas Ham!
And if you don't like the way I look, well, I just dont give a da**!

Cause the world keeps spinnin round and round
And my hearts keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way
Cause you cant stop the beat

Ever since this whole world began
A woman found out if she shakek it she could shake up a man
So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all that I can today!
Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder, if you wanna, but I'd never ask why
And if you try to hold me down, I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can't stop the beat!

Wilbur, be a dear. Fetch some oxygen...now!!

Step aside, Miss. Buttercup! It's time to wrap this bubba up!

Oh, Oh, Oh
You can't stop today [No!]
As it comes speeding down the track [oooh, child yes!]
Yesterday is history [be gone!]
And it's never comin back! [Look ahead, cause...]
Tomorrow is a brand new day, and it don't know white from black [Yeah!]

'Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and round
And my heart's keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost til I heard the drums, then I found my way
'Cause you cant stop the beat!

Ever since we first saw the light,
A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night
So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today!
Cause you cant stop the motion of the ocean, or the rain from above
They can try to stop the paradise we're dreamin of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay
You can't stop the beat!

Aah, aah, aah,
Ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh, ahh ahh
Come on you Vantussles go on shake your muscles!!
We can't!
Yes you can!
No we can't!
Yes you can!
Yes we can!
You cant stop the beat!

Ever since we first saw the sun
It seems us Vantussle girls are always tryin' to please someone
But we're gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun today!
Cause you can't stop the Motion of the ocean or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise were dreamin of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay!
Cause you cant stop the beat!
You cant stop the beat
You cant stop the beat
You cant stop the beat!!"

 

[stranger]

Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger,
you may see a stranger
Across a crowded room
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see her
Again and again.

Some enchanted evening
Someone may be laughin',
You may hear her laughin'
Across a crowded room
And night after night,
As strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter
Will sing in your dreams.

Who can explain it?
Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.

Some enchanted evening
When you find your true love,
When you feel her call you
Across a crowded room,
Then fly to her side,
And make her your own
For all through your life you
May dream all alone.

Once you have found her,
Never let her go.
Once you have found her,
Never let her go!

That is such a pretty song .

 

[stranger]

Eternal Flame

One of my favorite love songs...

-------------

Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame

I believe it's meant to be, darlin'
I watch you when you are sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame

Say my name sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling, ohhh..

(Instrumental)

Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
Then come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling, ohhh..

Close your eyes, give me your hand,
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Is this burning an eternal flame x2

am i only dreaming
is this burning an eternal flame

Close your eyes, give me your hand (your hand), darlin'
Do you feel my heart beating (do you understand)
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming (dreaming)
Is this burning an eternal flame (aah)

Close your eyes, give me your hand, darlin' (oh ohh oh)
Do you feel my heart beating (do you understand)
Do you understand
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming (dreaming)
Is this burning an eternal flame (aah)