Lyrical Association

[bluebro69]

After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead

You see I've been through the desert
On a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la, la, la, la, la

(A Horse With No Name -- Song by America)

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

My money's riding on this dark horse baby
My heart is saying it's the lucky one
And its true colour’s gunna shine through someday
If we let this, let this dark horse run yeah

(Amanda Marshall — Dark Horse)

 

[fromtheshwa]

There's a message floatin' in the air
Comes from crazy horses riding everywhere
It's a warning, it's in every tongue
Gotta stop them crazy horses on the run

What a show, there they go
Smoking up the sky, yeah
Crazy horses all got riders
And they're you and I

Crazy horses
Crazy horses

(Osmonds - Crazy Horses)

 

[EJunkie]

There are some saints that have been forgotten
Like most of my drunken prayers
They say there's a heaven
Somewhere above the yonder
Where there's no more crosses to bear
Now, there's ghosts all along the highways
And there's storms out on the sea
I only hope is somewhere in that heaven
Someone is sayin' a prayer for me
I've been ridin' stone blind horses
Never seen a reason to believe
Hey sweet Genevieve, say a prayer for me
And the wild young cowboys, old drunks
Paramours and thieves

Stone Blind Horses; Ray Wylie Hubbard

 

[kherg007]

And they say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better, but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun

You know that only the good die young, oh, baby
I tell ya only the good die young
Only the good die young

Said your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
Aw, she never cared for me
But did she ever say a prayer for me?
Oh-whoa-whoa

Come out, come out, come out, Virginia, don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well will be the one

Billy Joel "only the good die young"

 

[EJunkie]

Here I am again, now, acting like a crazy fool
Every time I get to rockin', I always run into you
I never did understand why you want to be so cruel

Well, Annie, is tonight the night?
Do you think the moon is right?
You don't have to tell me you will
Just say that you might

I know you told me once
I guess you coulda told me twice
I guess I keep hopin' some day you're gonna treat me nice
I'm tryin' to get next to you
Cold as ice

Annie, Is tonight the night; Steve Earle

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

You're as cold as ice
You're willing to sacrifice our love
You want paradise
But someday you'll pay the price, I know
I've seen it before, it happens all the time
You're closing the door, you leave the world behind
You're digging for gold, you're throwing away
A fortune in feelings, but someday you'll pay

(Foreigner — Cold as Ice)

 

[bluebro69]

Cool my heels when the heat is on
Slow my wheels when it feels so wrong
Fool themselves but they won't fool me
Who else is gonna make them see?

Everything is moving way too fast
There's only one way that I'm gonna last
I've got to cool my heels, cool my heels
I've gotta cool my heels when the heat is on

(Cool My Heels -- Nikki Yanofsky)

 

[EJunkie]

I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi
My girlfriend blows a boozy good-bye kiss
I see flying squirrels and nightmares of stigmata
Then awakening to find my Trans-Am gone
Still, I'm feeling pretty good about the future
Yeah, everything is peaches but the cream
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi
Where things is always better than they seem
Things is always better than they seem
I see the guitar that my cousin played in prison
Floating with the tv in the swimming pool
I'm calling for the owner of the motel
Then noticing the bloodstain on the door
I'm reaching for the shoes under the bushes
Just in time to hear the sirens sing
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi
Where things is always better than they seem
Things is always better than they seem
You know freedom's just a stupid superstition
'cause life's a highway that you travel blind
It's true that having fun's a terminal addiction
What good is happiness, when it's just a state of mind?
For in the prison of perpetual emotion
We're all shackled to the millstone of our dreams
Me, I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi
Where things is always better than they seem
Things are always better than they seem

Handcuffed to a fence In Mississippi; Jim White

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

I can't recall my mother
I don't remember dad
Mister and Mississippi was all I ever had
Oh I was born to wander
Oh I was born to roam
And mister and Mississippi made me feel at home

(Patti Page — Mister and Mississippi)

 

[kherg007]

Mother told me, yes, she told me I'd meet girls like you
She also told me, "Stay away, you'll never know what you'll catch"
Just the other day I heard a soldier falling off some Indonesian junk that's going round

Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away

Father says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things"
"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines"
Now, I had heard the WACS recruited old maids for the war
But mommy isn't one of those, I've known her all these years

Cheap Trick "Surrender"

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

Can't stay at home, can't stay in school
Old folks say "You poor little fool"
Down the streets I'm the girl next door
I'm the fox you've been waiting for
Hello daddy, hello mom
I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb

(The Runaways — Cherry Bomb)

 

[ogibowt]

Mary Hill used to hag out
In Cherry Hill Park
The game she played
Lasted all day
Till way after dark
All the girls criticized her
But all the guys idolized her
Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark
In Cherry Hill Park
Billy Joe Royal..Cherry Hill Park..1969

 

[kherg007]

The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely
Hey, that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again

Don't run back inside, darling
You know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me

Springsteen "Thunder Road"

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

Mary was the girl who taught me all I had to know
She put me right on the first mistake
Summer wasn't gone and I'd learned all she had to show
She really gave all a boy could take yeah
The light shines down the valley
The wind blows up the alley
Oh and I wish I was lying in the arms of Mary

(Chilliwack — Arms of Mary)

 

[bluebro69]

Mary, Mary, where you goin' to?
Mary, Mary, can I go too
This one thing I will vow ya
I'd rather die than to live without ya
Mary, Mary, where you goin' to?

Mary, Mary, tell me truly
What did I do to make you leave me?
Whatever it was I didn't mean to
You know I never would try and hurt ya
Mary, Mary, where you goin' to?

(The Monkees -- Mary Mary)

 

[EJunkie]

Fly back to the nest if it helps at all
Saint Mary of the Woods in the early fall
The leaves are turning on the Wabash now and children sing to you
They sing a song of your dreams come true
Where you goin'
Brandy on your breath
Bottle's open spilled across the desk
Snifter's broken, smashed against the wall
Just the way your standin' says it all
You hung the sign out please do not disturb
Driver's waiting out front on the curb
Write it off as one more half sold show
Once they've seen your best
They can forget about the rest don't you know

Saint Mary of the Woods; James McMurtry

 

[redhum]

Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the north of spain
A locket that bears the name of the man that Brandy loved
He came on a summers day bringing gifts from far away

Brandy; Looking Glass

 

[ogibowt]

I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice
Shadows of a man
A face through a window
Crying in the night
And night goes into morning
Just another day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized you made me happy
Oh Brandy
You came and you gave without taking
But I sent you a way
Oh Brandy

Brandy ...Scott English..the original...made famous as a cover renamed Mandy by Barry Manilow

 

[K Douglas]

The others were untrue
but when it came to lovin' you
I'd spend my whole life with you
'cause you came and you took control
you touched my very soul
you always showed me that
lovin' you is where it's at
You made me so very happy
I'm so glad you
came into my life

You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears