BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 My uncle has a country place That no one knows about. He says it used to be a farm, Before the Motor Law. And on Sundays I elude the Eyes, And hop the Turbine Freight To far outside the Wire, Where my white-haired uncle waits. Jump to the ground As the Turbo slows to cross the Borderline. Run like the wind, As excitement shivers up and down my spine. Down in his barn, My uncle preserved for me an old machine, For fifty-odd years. To keep it as new has been his dearest dream. I strip away the old debris That hides a shining car. A brilliant red Barchetta From a better, vanished time. I fire up the willing engine, Responding with a roar. Tires spitting gravel, I commit my weekly crime... Wind- In my hair- Shifting and drifting- Mechanical music- Adrenalin surge... Well-weathered leather, Hot metal and oil, The scented country air. Sunlight on chrome, The blur of the landscape, Every nerve aware. Suddenly ahead of me, Across the mountainside, A gleaming alloy air-car Shoots towards me, two lanes wide. I spin around with shrieking tires, To run the deadly race, Go screaming through the valley As another joins the chase. Drive like the wind, Straining the limits of machine and man. Laughing out loud With fear and hope, I've got a desperate plan. At the one-lane bridge I leave the giants stranded at the riverside. Race back to the farm, to dream with my uncle at the fireside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 One humanoid escapee One android on the run Seeking freedom beneath A lonely desert sun Trying to change its program Trying to change the mode- Crack the code Images conflicting Into data overload 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 S.O.S 1-0-0-1-0-0-1 In distress 1-0-0-1-0-0 Memory banks unloading Bytes break into bits Unit One's in trouble And it's scared out of its wits Guidance systems break down A struggle to exist- To resist- A pulse of dying power In a clenching plastic fist... It replays each of the days A hundred years of routines Bows its head and prays To the mother of all machines... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Know your place in life is where you want to be Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me Keep on looking forward; no use in looking 'round Hold your head above the ground and they won't bring you down Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind We marvel after those who sought New wonders in the world, wonders in the world, Wonders in the world they wrought. Live for yourself -- there's no one else More worth living for Begging hands and bleeding hearts will Only cry out for more Well, I know they've always told you Selfishness was wrong Yet it was for me, not you, I Came to write this song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 A boy alone, so far from home Endless rooftops from my window I felt the gloom of empty rooms On rainy afternoons Sometimes in confusion I felt so lost and disillusioned Innocence gave me confidence To go up against reality All the same, we take our chances Laughed at by Time Tricked by Circumstances Plus ca change Plus c'est la meme chose The more that things change The more they stay the same Now I've gained some understanding Of the only world that we see Things that I once dreamed of Have become reality These walls that still surround me Still contain the same old me Just one more who's searching for A world that ought to be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Now it's come to this It's like we're back in the Dark Ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It's a world of superstition Now it's come to this Wide-eyed armies of the faithful From the Middle East to the Middle West Pray, and pass the ammunition So many people think that way You gotta watch what you say To them and them, and others too Who don't seem to see to things the way you do We can only grow the way the wind blows on a bare and weathered shore We can only bow to the here and now In our elemental war We can only go the way the wind blows We can only bow to the here and now Or be broken down blow by blow Now it's come to this Hollow speeches of mass deception From the Middle East to the Middle West Like crusaders in a holy alliance Now it's come to this Like we're back in the dark ages From the Middle East to the Middle West It's a plague that resists our science It seems to leave them partly blind And they leave no child behind While evil spirits haunt their sleep While shepherds bless and count their sheep Like the solitary pine On a bare wind blasted shore We can only grow the way the wind blows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Driven up and down in circles Skidding down a road of black ice Staring in and out storm windows Driven to a fool's paradise BUT IT'S MY TURN TO DRIVE Driven to the margin of error Driven to the edge of control Driven to the margin of terror Driven to the edge of a deep, dark hole Driven day and night in circles Spinning like a whirlwind of leaves Stealing in and out back alleys Driven to another den of thieves BUT IT'S MY TURN TO DRIVE Driven in - Driven to the edge Driven out - On the thin end of the wedge Driven off - By things I've never seen Driven on - By the road to somewhere I've never been IT'S MY TURN TO DRIVE The road unwinds towards me What was there is gone The road unwinds before me And I go riding on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 A modern-day warrior Mean mean stride, Today's Tom Sawyer Mean mean pride. Though his mind is not for rent, Don't put him down as arrogant. His reserve, a quiet defense, Riding out the day's events. The river What you say about his company Is what you say about society. -Catch the mist -Catch the myth -Catch the mystery -Catch the drift. The world is, the world is, Love and life are deep, Maybe as his skies are wide. Today's Tom Sawyer, He gets high on you, And the space he invades He gets by on you. No, his mind is not for rent To any god or government. Always hopeful, yet discontent, He knows changes aren't permanent, But change is. What you say about his company Is what you say about society. -Catch the witness -Catch the wit, -Catch the spirit -Catch the spit. The world is, the world is, Love and life are deep, Maybe as his eyes are wide. Exit the warrior, Today's Tom Sawyer, He gets high on you, And the energy you trade, He gets right on to the friction of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timintey Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 My, My, My, My Don't you worry 'bout what's on your mind (Oh my) I'm in no hurry I can take my time (Oh my) I'm going red and my tongue's getting tied (tongues's getting tied) I'm off my head and my mouth's getting dry. I'm high, But I try, try, try (Oh my) Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now I feel so strong that I can't disguise (oh my) Let's spend the night together But I just can't apologize (oh no) Let's spend the night together Don't hang me up and don't let me down (don't let me down) We could have fun just groovin' around around and around Oh my, my Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever You know I'm smiling baby You need some guiding baby I'm just deciding baby; now- I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together Let's spend the night together now This doesn't happen to me ev'ryday (oh my) Let's spend the night together No excuses offered anyway (oh my) Let's spend the night together I'll satisfy your every need (every need) And I now know you will satisfy me Oh my, my, my, my, my Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now GO GIANTS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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closer2heart Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Come as you are, as you were, As I want you to be As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy. Take your time, hurry up The choice is yours, don't be late. Take a rest, as a friend, as an old memoria Memoria Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach As I want you to be As a trend, as a friend, as an old memoria Memoria And I swear that I don't have a gun No I don't have a gun Memoria Memoria - and I don't have a gun And I swear that I don't have a gun No I don't have a gun Memoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I looked under chairs I looked under tables I try to find the key To fifty million fables They call me the seeker I've been searchin' low and high I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die I asked Bobby Dylan I asked the Beatles I asked Timothy Leary But he couldn't help me either They call me the seeker I've been searchin' low and high I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die People tend to hate me Cause I never smile As I ransack their homes they wanna shake my hand Focusin' on nowhere, investigatin' miles I'm a seeker, I'm a really desperate man I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die I learned how to raise my voice in anger Yeah but look at my face, ain't this a smile I'm happy when life's good, and when it's bad I cry I got values but I don't know how or why I'm lookin' for me You're lookin' for you We're lookin' at each other and we don't know what to do They call me the seeker I've been searchin' low and high I won't get to get what I'm after Till the day I die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
closer2heart Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 raindrops are fallin on my head, but that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turning red, cryin's not for me, oh, i'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timintey Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 When I was a boy I thought about the times I'd be a man I'd sit inside a bottle and pretend that I was in a jam In my lonely room I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone You can throw me if you wanna 'cause I'm a bone and I go Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah! If I don't start cryin' it's because that I have got no eyes My father's in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotized Through a crack of light I was unable to find my way Trapped inside a night but I'm a day and I go Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah! One... Two... Three... Four! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Blue on Black tears on a river Push on a shove and it don't mean much. Joker on jack badge on a fire Cold on ice is a dead man's touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Though we might have precious little It's still precious I like that song about this wonderful world It's got a sunny point of view And sometimes I feel it's true At least for a few of us I like that world, it makes a wonderful song But there's a darker point of view But sadly just as true For so many among us Though we might have precious little It's still precious In the sweetest child there's a vicious streak In the strongest man there's a child so weak In the whole wide world there's no magic place So you might as well rise put on your bravest face I like that show where they solve all the murders An heroic point of view It's got justice and vengeance too At least so the story goes I like that story, makes a satisfying case But there's a messy point of view That's sadly just as true For so many among us In softest voice there's an acid tongue In the oldest eyes there's a soul so young In the shakiest will there's a core of steel On the smoothest ride there's a squeaky wheel Though we might have precious little It's still precious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timintey Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door and it has been painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the settin' sun My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes I see a red door and I want it painted black No colors anymore I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes Hmm, hmm, hmm,... I wanna see it painted, painted black Black as night, black as coal I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 How many times Do we tire of all the little battles Threaten to call it quits Tempted to cut and run How many times Do we weather out the stormy evenings Long to slam the front door Drive away into the setting sun Keep going on till dawn How many times must another line be drawn We could be down and gone But we hold on How many times Do we chafe against the repetition Straining against a fate Measured out in coffee breaks How many times Do we swallow our ambition Long to give up the same old way Find another road to take Keep holding on so long 'Cause there's a chance that we might not be so wrong We could be down and gone But we hold on How many times Do we wonder if it's even worth it Theres got to be some other way Way to get me through the day Keep going on till dawn How many times must another line be drawn We could be down and gone But we hold on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timintey Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Monday morning Eighteen years of dawning I say how long You say how long It was one dull morning Woke the world with bawling I was so sad (so sad) It was so bad I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control Boys and Girls Go to the school and girls They make children Not like this one I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control (Out of control) I fought fate There's blood on the garden gate The man said childhood It's in his childhood One day I'll die The choice will not be mine Will it be too late You can't fight it I was of a feeling it was out of control I had the opinion it was out of control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. All around in my home town They're trying to track me down. They say they want to bring me in guilty For the killing of a deputy, For the life of a deputy. But I say: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense. I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense. Sheriff John Brown always hated me; For what I don't know. Every time that I plant a seed He said, "Kill it before it grows." He said, "Kill it before it grows." I say: I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense. I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense. Freedom came my way one day And I started out of town. All of a sudden I see sheriff John Brown Aiming to shoot me down. So I shot, I shot him down. I say: I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. Reflexes got the better of me And what is to be must be. Every day the bucket goes to the well, But one day the bottom will drop out, Yes, one day the bottom will drop out. But I say: I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no. I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy, oh no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Strange Brew Kill what's inside of you. She's a witch of trouble in electric blue, In her own mad mind she's in love with you. With you. Now what you gonna do? She's some kind of demon messing in the glue. If you don't watch out it'll stick to you. To you. What kind of fool are you? On a boat in the middle of a raging sea, She would make a scene for it all to be Ignored. And wouldn't you be bored? Strange brew, strange brew. Strange brew, strange brew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limlight81 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I Will Follow I was on the outside when you said You needed me I was looking at myself I was blind, I could not see. A boy tries hard to be a man His mother takes him by the hand If he stops to think, he starts to cry Oh why? If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. I will follow. I was on the inside When they pulled the four walls down I was looking through the window I was lost, I am found. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. I will follow. Your eyes make a circle I see you when I go in there Your eyes, your eyes Your eyes, your eyes. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. I will follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limlight81 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Bad If you twist and turn away. It you tear yourself in two again. If I could, yes I would If I could, I would let it go. Surrender, dislocate. If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind. Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away Into the night, and through the rain Into the half light and through the flame. If I could, through myself, set your spirit free I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away Into the light and to the day. To let it go and so to find away. To let it go and so find away. I'm wide awake. I'm wide awake, wide awake. I'm not sleeping. If you should ask, then maybe They'd tell you what I would say True colours fly in blue and black Blue silken sky and burning flag. Colours crash, collide in blood-shot eyes. If I could, you know I would If I could, I would let it go. This desperation, dislocation Separation, condemnation Revelation, in temptation Isolation, desolation Let it go and so to find away To let it go and so to find away To let it go and so to find away I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake I'm not sleeping Oh no, no, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Begin the day Wth a friendly voice, A companion, unobtrusive Plays the song that's so elusive And the magic music makes your morning mood. Off on your way Hit the open road, There is magic at your fingers For the Spirit ever lingers, Undemanding contact In your happy solitude. Invisible airwaves Crackle with life Bright antennae bristle With the energy Emotional feedback On a timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price- Almost free... All this machinery Making modern music Can still be open-hearted Not so coldly charted It's really just a question Of your honesty One likes to believe In the freedom of music, But glittering prizes And endless compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity. "For the words of the profits, Are written on the studio wall, Concert hall - Echoes with the sounds... Of salesmen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limlight81 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Gloria I try to sing this song I, I try to stand up But I can't find my feet. I, I try to speak up But only in you I'm complete. Gloria In te domine Gloria Exultate Gloria Gloria Oh, Lord, loosen my lips. I try to sing this song I, I try to get in But I can't find the door The door is open You're standing there, you let me in. Gloria In te domine Gloria Exultate Oh, Lord, if I had anything, anything at all I'd give it to you. Gloria In te domine Gloria Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestIKenster Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear. She puts on her make-up and brushes her long blonde hair. And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?" And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight." We go to a party and everyone turns to see This beautiful lady that's walking around with me. And then she asks me, "Do you feel all right?" And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful tonight." I feel wonderful because I see The love light in your eyes. And the wonder of it all Is that you just don't realize how much I love you. It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head, So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed. And then I tell her, as I turn out the light, I say, "My darling, you were wonderful tonight. Oh my darling, you were wonderful to nite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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