Sing with me!

[missionman]

la LA la LAAAAAAAAA

[TheRocinanteKid]

I used to do a little but a little wouldn't do and so the little got more and more. I just keep trying to get a little better, said a little better than before!

[Jaye]

It was so nice and sunny earlier, so I've been listening to Mr. Sunny Voice (aka Jon Anderson)

 

This song of evening's light

Would charge my memory to flight

The trees that listen

Swift wings do carry on through constant

Gardens they offer delight

It is the evening

 

In deepest woods and fern

Young deer step light through morning's mist

Ascend the swallows

First light streams through the treetops

Bouncing as the flowers illuminate

The breath of morning

 

This song of ages past

I lay in peace midst grass so green

To reach to skyward

Where larks do sing such high delights

Do pour into my senses

The days are blessings

The days are blessings

The days are blessings

[BestIKenster]

We've all seen the man at the liquor store begging for your change

The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange

He asks a man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes

"Get a job, you f***ing slob" is all he replies

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues.

 

CHORUS:

Yeah, then you really might know what it's like (4x)

 

Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love

He said "Don't worry 'bout a thing, Baby Doll, I'm the man you've been dreaming of"

But three months later he say he won't date her or return her calls

And she swear, "God damn, if I find that man, I'm cuttin' off his balls"

And she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the door

They call her a sinner and they call her a killer and they call her a whore

But God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose

 

CHORUS

 

I've seen a rich man beg

I've seen a good man sin

I've seen a tough man cry

I've seen a loser win

And a sad man grin

I heard an honest man lie

I've seen the good side of bad

And the down side of up

And everything between

I licked the silver spoon

drank from the golden cup

Smoked the finest green

I stroked the baddest dimes

'least a couple of times

'fore I broke they heart

You know where it ends, yo

It usually depends on where you start

 

I knew this kid named Max, he used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs

He liked to hang out late, he liked to get shit faced and keep pace with thugs

'Til late one night there was a big gun fight and Max lost his head

Pulled out his chrome .45, talked some shit, and wound up dead

Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of this pain

You know it crumbles that way, at least that's what they say when you play the game

But God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news

'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose

 

Yeah, then you really might know what it's like (3x)

To have to lose...

 

[Arleen2112]

[Arleen2112]

I left your house this morning about a quarter after nine

coulda been the Willie Nelson coulda been the wine

when I left your house this morning

it was a little after nine

it was in Bobcaygeon I saw the constellations

reveal themselves one star at a time

 

Drove back to town this morning with working on my mind

I thought of maybe quitting

thought of leaving it behind

went back to bed this morning

and as I'm pulling down the blind

the sky was dull and hypothetical

and falling one cloud at a time

 

That night in Toronto with its checkerboard floors

riding on horseback and keeping order restored

til the men they couldn't hang

stepped to the mic and sang

and their voices rang with that Aryan twang

 

I got to your house this morning just a little after nine

in the middle of that riot

couldn't get you off my mind

so I'm at your house this morning

just a little after nine

cause it was in Bobcaygeon where I saw the constellations

reveal themselves one star at a time

 

 

[Arleen2112]

Twelve men broke loose in Seventy-Three

From Millhaven maximum security

Twelve pictures lined up, across the front page

Seems the Mounties had a summertime war to wage

The chief told the people they had nothing to fear

Said, "The last thing they wanna do is hang around here"

They mostly came from towns with long French names

But one of the dozen was a hometown shame.

 

 

Same pattern on the table

Same clock on the wall

Been one seat empty, eighteen years in all

Freezing slow time, away from the world

He's 38 year's old, never kissed a girl

 

We were sitting round the table, heard the telephone ring

Father said he tell em if he saw anything

Heard the tap on my window in the middle of the night

Held back the curtain for my older brother Mike

 

See my sister got raped, so a man got killed

Local boy went to prison, man's buried on the hill

Folks went back to normal when they closed the case

But they still stare at their shoes when they pass our place

 

My mother cried, "The horror has finally ceased"

He whispered,"Yea for the time being at least"

Over her shoulder, on the squad car megaphone

Said,"Let's go Michael, son, we're taking you home."

 

 

 

[BestIKenster]

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

[BestIKenster]

'I bring Love to give you solace

In the darkness of the night

In the Heart's eternal light

You need only trust your feelings;

Only Love can steer you right'

[BestIKenster]

 

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

[Arleen2112]

Oh, hello, Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason

For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season

Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'

I'll cop out to the change, but a stranger is putting the tease on

 

I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter

I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her

Any girl in the world could have easily known me better

She said you're strange, but don't change, and I let her

 

In a while, will the smile on my face turn to plaster

Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster

For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster

Is it strange I should change I don't know, why don't you ask her

[Arleen2112]

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

 

It's my turn to drive

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

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

 

But it's my turn to drive

But 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

 

But it's my turn to drive

But it's my turn to drive

 

[BestIKenster]

I. At The Tobes Of Hades

The Tobes of Hades, lit by flickering torchlight

The netherworld is gathered in the glare

Prince By-Tor takes the cavern to the north light

The sign of Eth is rising in the air.

By-Tor, knight of darkness,

Centurion of evil, devil's prince.

 

II. Across The Styx

Across the River Styx, out of the lamplight

His nemesis is waiting at the gate

The Snow Dog, ermine glowing in the damp night

Coal-black eyes shimmering with hate.

By-Tor and the Snow Dog

Square for battle, let the fray begin...

 

III. The Battle

i) Challenge And Defiance

ii) 7/4 War Furor

iii) Aftermath

iv) Hymn of Triumph

 

IV. Epilogue

The battle's over and the dust is clearing

Disciples of the Snow Dog sound the knell

Rejoicing echoes as the dawn is nearing

By-Tor in defeat retreats to Hell

Snow Dog is victorious

The land of the Overworld is saved again.

[BestIKenster]

 

Midway hawkers calling

Try your luck with me

Merry-go-round wheezing

The same old melody

A thousand ten cent wonders

Who could ask for more

A pocketful of silver

The key to heaven's door

 

Lakeside Park

Willows in the breeze

Lakeside Park

So many memories

Laughing rides

Midway lights

Shining stars on summer nights

 

Days of barefoot freedom

Racing with the waves

Nights of starlit secrets

Crackling driftwood flames

Drinking by the lighthouse

Smoking on the pier

Still we saw the magic

Fading every year

 

Everyone would gather

On the twenty fourth of May

Sitting in the sand

To watch the fireworks display

Dancing fires on the beach

Singing songs together

Though it's just a memory

Some memories last forever

 

 

[BestIKenster]

Signals transmitted

Message received

Reaction making impact -

Invisibly

 

Elemental telepathy

Exchange of energy

Reaction making contact -

Mysteriously

 

Eye to I

Reaction burning hotter

Two to one

Reflection on the water

H to O

No flow without the other

Oh but how

Do they make contact

With one another?

 

Electricity? Biology?

Seems to me it's Chemistry

 

Emotion transmitted

Emotion received

Music in the abstract -

Positively

 

Elemental empathy

A change of synergy

Music making contact -

Naturally

 

One, two, three -

Add without subtraction

Sound on sound

Multiplied reaction

H to O

No flow without the other

Oh but how

Do we make contact

With one another?

[BestIKenster]

 

Who's come to slay the dragon-

Come to watch him fall?

Making arrows out of pointed words

Giant killers at the call

Too much fuss and bother

Too much contradiction and confusion

Peel away the mystery

Here's a clue to some real motivation

 

All there really is

The two of us

And we both know why we've come along

Nothing to explain

It's a part of us

To be found within a song

 

What happened to our innocence-

Did it go out of style?

Along with our naivete'-

No longer a child

Different eyes see different things

Different hearts beat on different strings

But there are times

For you and me

When all such things agree.

 

[Arleen2112]

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[Arleen2112]

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

The wonders of the world, wonders of the world,

Wonders of 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

Yes it was for me, not you, I came to write this song

 

[Arleen2112]

QUOTE (BestIKenster @ Jan 24 2008, 03:58 PM)

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[BestIKenster]

Legalize it!

Don't criticize it!

[Arleen2112]

I've been seeing the coming

Of something new today.

I still don't believe we're fading,

But never washed away.

 

And now you're finally listenin'

To what I have to say.

Well, the time is right,

And it is today.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

Maybe we could talk about it

And try to get it straight.

After all these years, baby,

Maybe it's too late.

 

But I really need to

Have you by my side,

And that's the only feelin',

Baby, I can't hide.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

Well you aren't listenin', I ain't talkin',

We ain't gettin' nowhere.

 

I keep tryin' to get through to you baby;

All you do is stare.

 

I don't wanna see that.

I need to try to understand,

Well, I don't want to be your lover,

Babe, I wanna be your man.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

Well, now my story's over, baby,

And I ain't gonna tell it twice.

Well, you better start listenin',

Yeah, to my advice.

 

Or we're gonna be left out,

I said left out in the cold.

Yeah, before you get my lovin',

Babe, you'll be too old.

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

Well, come on to me, baby.

Well, I said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

 

[Arleen2112]

On certain nights

When the angles are right

And the moon is a slender crescent

 

It's circle shows

In a ghostly glow

Of earthly luminescence

 

Earthshine

A beacon in the night

I can raise my eyes to

Earthshine

Earthshine

A jewel out of reach

Form a dream to rise to

Earthshine

 

Floating high

In the evening sky

I see my faint reflection

 

Pale facsimile

Like what others see

When they look in my direction

 

Earthshine

A beacon in the night

I can raise my eyes to

Earthshine

Earthshine

Stretching out your hand

Full of starlit diamonds

Earthshine

 

Reflected light

To another's sight

And the moon tells a lover's story

 

My borrowed face

And my third-hand grace

Only reflect your glory

 

You're still out of reach

Form a dream to rise to

Earthshine

 

[Arleen2112]

Here's a little trap

That sometimes catches everyone

When today's as far as we can see

Faith in bright tomorrows

Giving way to resignation

That's how it is - How it's going to be

 

It's such a cloudy day

Seems we'll never see the sun

Or feel the day has possibilities

Frozen in the moment -

The lack of imagination

Between how it is and how it ought to be

 

Here's a little trap

That sometimes trips up everyone

When we tire of our own company

Sometimes we're the last to see beyond the day's frustrations

That's how it is - how it's going to be

 

It's such a cloudy day

Seems we'll never see the sun

I feel the day is all uncertainty

Burning in the moment - trapped by the desperation

Between how it is and how it ought to be

 

Foot upon the stair

Shoulder to the wheel

You can't tell yourself not to care

You can't tell yourself how to feel

That's how it is - Another cloudy day

 

[Arleen2112]

QUOTE (BestIKenster @ Jan 24 2008, 04:00 PM)

Legalize it! Don't criticize it!

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