Lyrical Association

[onomatopoeia]

Pilot of the airwaves
Here is my request
You don't have to play it
But I hope you'll do your best
I've been listening to your show
On the radio
And you seem like a friend to me

 

[Boss Nass]

You see, she was gonna be an actress
and I was gonna learn to fly
she took off to find the footlights,
and I took off to find the sky

Taxi, Harry Chapin

 

[EJunkie]

When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that's the best
When I lay me down to die
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky (spirit in the sky)
That's where I'm gonna go when I die (when I die)
When I die and they lay me to rest
I'm gonna go to the place that's the best

Spirit in the Sky; Norman Greenbaum

 

[bluebro69]

I'm not scared of dying
And I don't really care
If it's peace you find in dying
Well then, let the time be near

If it's peace you find in dying
Well, then dying time is near
Just bundle up my coffin
'Cause it's cold way down there
I hear that it's cold way down there, yeah
Crazy cold, way down there

(And When I Die -- Laura Nyro)

 

[K Douglas]

Meet me, Jesus, meet me
Ooh, meet me in the middle of the air
If my wings should fail me, Lord
Oh, please meet me with another pair

In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin

 

[ogibowt]

Meet me, Jesus, meet me
Ooh, meet me in the middle of the air
If my wings should fail me, Lord
Oh, please meet me with another pair

In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin

sorry to barge in again..a little history...this song is based on an old Blues Folk song by Josh White.. i believe from the 40,s.. called Bury My Body...Covered by the Animals...a version i prefer over Led Zeppelin...but hey thats me............ok carry on

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

(The Beach Boys — God Only Knows)
RIP Brian Wilson

 

[EJunkie]

A nephew once asked me when he was quite young
Who dies? I said "everyone dies"
No use denying it, one day you're done
Oh, everyone dies
Princes and paupers, there's no one immune
And no one who'll escape their demise
So you'd better make the most of each day that you're given
Oh, everyone dies

Now people have pondered this time and again
Who dies? Everyone dies
We suspect that we're more than mere mortal remains
Oh, everyone dies
Wise men and prophets, they've all had their say
On the nature of our afterlives
But in case there's no beer there, we'll have one more round
Oh, everyone dies

Now your time may be short or your time may be long
Who dies? Everyone dies
But it's going to happen as sure as you're born
Oh, everyone dies
Friends and relations and all we hold dear
Will one day pass to the other side
So we'd better embrace them as long as they're here
Oh, everyone dies

Who Dies; James Keelaghan

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

All our love and all our of pain
Will be but a tune
The Sun and the Moon
The wind and the rain
Hand in hand we'll do and die
Listening to the band that made us cry
We'll have nothing to lose
We'll have nothing to gain
Just to stay in this real life situation
For one last refrain
As the day hits the night
We will sit by candlelight
We will laugh
We will sing
When the saints go marching in
And we will carry war no more

(Tears for Fears — Famous Last Words)

 

[K Douglas]

One day we're going to wake up and the ghetto's all around
All over, my friend, have you ever seen a man break down?
Do you know how, how that feels?
To walk the street with your head held high (With the head held high)
Oh Lord, have mercy
Did you ever see a man break down?

There's nothing sacred, breathing hatred
We have to face it, no one can take it
And feel no pain

Feel No Pain - Sade

 

[K Douglas]

sorry to barge in again..a little history...this song is based on an old Blues Folk song by Josh White.. i believe from the 40,s.. called Bury My Body...Covered by the Animals...a version i prefer over Led Zeppelin...but hey thats me............ok carry on

In My Time of Dying is my absolute favorite song from LZ. I'll look up this song from both Josh White and from the Animals.

 

[EJunkie]

Look around
There's doctors down on Wall Street
Sharpenin' their scalpels and tryin' to cut a deal
Meanwhile, back at the hospital
We got accountants playin' God and countin' out the pills
Yeah, I know, that sucks - that your HMO
Ain't doin' what you thought it would do
But everybody's gotta die sometime and we can't save everybody
It's the best that we can do

Four score and a hundred and fifty years ago
Our forefathers made us equal as long as we can pay
Yeah, well maybe that wasn't exactly what they was thinkin'
Version six-point-oh of the American way
But hey we can just build a great wall around the country club
To keep the riff-raff out until the slump is through
Yeah, I realize that ain't exactly democratic, but it's either them or us and
And it's the best we can do

Amerika V6.0; Steve Earle

 

[bluebro69]

Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway?
From the coast of California to the shores of The Delaware Bay
You can bet your life I did, till I got back in the U.S.A

Looking hard for a drive-in, searching for a corner cafe
Where hamburgers sizzle on an open grill night and day
Yeah, and a jukebox jumping with records back in the U.S.A

(Back In the USA -- Chuck Berry)

 

[kherg007]

As I travel down the back roads
Of this home I love so much
Every carpenter and cowboy,
Every lame man on a crutch
They're all talking bout this feeling
Bout a taste that's in the air
They're all talking bout this mighty wind
That's blowing everywhere

Oh a mighty winds a blowing
It's kicking up the sand
It's blowing out a message
To every woman, child and man
Yes a mighty winds a blowing
Cross the land and cross the sea
It's blowing peace and freedom
It's blowing equality

From a lighthouse in Bar Harbor
To a bridge called Golden Gate
From a trawler down in Shreveport
To the shore of one Great Lake
There's a star on the horizon
And it's burning like a flare
Its lighting up this mighty wind
That's blowing everywhere

Lol

The Folksmen "A mighty wind"

 

[EJunkie]

The hurricane party's windin' down
and we're all waitin' for the end
And I don't won't another drink,
I only want that last one again
He gave me such a fine glow,
smokin' slow, now I should probably be homeward bound
There's just no one to talk to
when the lines go down

Hurricane Party; James McMurtry

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

I'm sitting in the railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
Homeward bound
I wish I was homeward bound
Home… where my thought's escaping
Home… where my music's playing
Home… where my love lies waiting silently for me

(Simon & Garfunkel — Homeward Bound)

 

[EJunkie]

Shot through with adrenaline to fire up my excited heart
Help me believe in myself, get the starter to start
Fifteen burning balls of fire, ten days since we left
No one understands me like the whiskey on my breath

It's ten minutes to showtime, baby stop your crying
Everybody knows why, there’s just no time

See you later, See you soon
See you later alligator, I will see you in the moon

The suicide club’s on a mission 'cause they hate their jobs and other guys
Everything’s tougher than it has to be, another cliché from the wise
Somewhere east of that solo and a little bit west of the bridge
Was the singular kind of moment that you remember as long as you live

Sometimes just before showtime, I swear I might end up crying
Letting go of my fears and my landlords, that’s the difference between
living and dying

See you later, see you soon; Stephen Kellogg

 

[bluebro69]

Well, I saw my baby walkin'
With another man today
Well, I saw my baby walkin'
With another man today
When I asked her what's the matter
This is what I heard her say

See you later, Alligator
After 'while crocodile
See you later, Alligator
After 'while crocodile
Can't you see you're in my way now
Don't you know you cramp my style

(See You Later Alligator, -- made popular by Bill Haley and his Comets)

 

[fromtheshwa]

I remember when rock was young
Me and Susie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were rocking 'round the clock
We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

(Elton John - Crocodile Rock)

 

[IFUSEEKAMY]

In a house full of fairday fakes
Where the next-day neighbour makes the cakes
With Elton John records playing loud upstairs
It could be just the time to strike
I'll be casual and ask about
A will that could be mine throughout
An opportunist you might think but I have to earn my brass
I'll take advantage, I'm a so-called friend
I'll push you from behind to save time
I'll stab you in the back as soon as I look at you
For I'm a hypocrite, a crocodile cryer and it feels so good

(Martin Stephenson & The Daintees — Crocodile Cryer)