The Lyric Chain

[goat starer]

You may have to rescue me
from limestone quarries frequently
those corporate stuntshows you attend
you'll never get asked back again so

hello spinal curvature
get used to the mirthless furniture
now we've kissed I've written this list
I think you ought to know

them's the vagaries
them's the vagaries

well, I'll not sit backwards on the train
I can't say I'll always flush the chain
and what I call pleasure you may call pain
I'm talking 5 day tests

prepare to lose your dignity
as I ride to victory
down the aisle at tesco wearing
nothing much at all

(bridge)
ancient pack horse bridges we'll avoid
marijuana bores must be destroyed

bin men thin men, lexicographers
squid - yes, not so - octopus
egg sandwiches on coach trips in june
I simply won't be there

no way - joke shop excrement
don't say the light show's excellent
it makes you smell of a   laboratory
instead of a fan of the band

them's the vagaries
them's the vagaries


Half Man Half Biscuit - Them's The Vagaries
album - The Cammell Laird Social Club

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
I would buy you a house
(I would buy you a house)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you furniture for your house
(maybe a chesterfield or an ottoman)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
I'd buy you a K-Car
(A nice Reliant automobile)
If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had million dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out
Like open the fridge and stuff
There would already be laid out foods for us
Like little pre-wrapped sausages and things
They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon
Well, can you blame 'em
Uh, yeah

If I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you a fur coat
(But not a real fur coat that's cruel)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet
(Yep, like a llama or an emu)
And if I had a million dollars
(If I had a a million dollars)
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains
(Ooh, all them crazy elephant bones)
And If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love

If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars
Now, we'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner
Of course we would, we'd just eat more
And buy really expensive ketchups with it
That's right, all the fanciest ketch... dijon ketchup!
Mmmmmm, Mmmm-Hmmm

- If I had a Million Dollars, the Bare Naked Ladies

[goat starer]

It's a chilly Florentine evening
Two men in evening hats
Telling tales of the underground and
fishing for Reds
Policemen armed with Uzis
stand guard but they don't speak
Ain't seen no Michaeangelo
he'll be here next week.
The girl in the shoes
with the crystal heels went chaperoned by her brother
They raise a glass of amber wine
take pictures of each other
of the policemen in the fountains
and the sickle and the hammer
and they came with Uncle Romulus
with his walking cane and camera

She looked like someone's girlfriend
she looked like a dream
she looked as unlikely
as the people's limousine.

Come and sit by me, girl, before I breathe the breath out of you
Hush your mouth and cover your eyes for I'll tell your father of you
He paid to have you painted in the company of angels
Only to find you flirting anew with Chico Marx and perverted Engels

The patron saint of television smiles down from the shelf
Romulus can't criticize but he can't bless himself
He has a tin of pea-green paint and a big roll of black tape
To vandalize these obscenities then make his escape

She walked up to the nice policeman and asked him for a match
He saw Romulus approaching and slipped off the safety catch
Then cut down her uncle, he was painted red and green
Just as she was kidnapped in the people's limousine.

The People's Limousine
Artist     Elvis Costello

[beagle]

Before you slip into unconsciousness
I'd like to have another kiss
Another flashing chance at bliss
Another kiss, another kiss

The days are bright and filled with pain
Enclose me in your gentle rain
The time you ran was too insane
We'll meet again, we'll meet again

Oh tell me where your freedom lies
The streets are fields that never die
Deliver me from reasons why
You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly

The crystal ship is being filled
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
A million ways to spend your time
When we get back, I'll drop a line


The Doors - The Crystal Ship

[Black Bart]

Fleetwood Mac

Crystal

do you always trust your first initial feeling
special knowledge holds truth...bears believing

i turned around and the water was closing all around like a glove
like the love that had finally, finally found me

CHORUS:
then i knew in the crystalline knowledge of you
drove me through the mountains
through the crystal like and clear water fountain
drove me like a magnet
to the sea
to the sea

how the faces of love have changed, i'm turning the pages
and i have changed, oh but you, you remain ageless

(repeat chorus)

[Sibling Chatty]

Utilizing both 'crystal' songs...

I Started a Joke~~BeeGees (Faith no More, Wallflowers, Vonda Sheparh, et al.)

I started a joke, which started the whole world crying,
But I didnt see that the joke was on me, oh no.

I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
Oh, if Id only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that Id said.

Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if Id only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that Id said.

til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if Id only seen that the joke was one me.

[Vita Curator]

Artist: John Mayer
Album: Heavier Things
Title: Come Back To Bed  


still is the light
of your room
when you're not inside
and all of your things
tell the sweetest story line
tears on these sheets
and your footprints are down the hall
tell me what i did
i cant find where the moment went wrong at all

you can be mad in the morning
i'll take back what i said
just dont leave me alone here
its cold baby
come back to bed
come back to bed
come back to bed
come back to bed

[goat starer]

Lush
track - Desire lines
Album - Spooky

It's raining in this room
And it's so hot outside this room
I don't know no one here I don't want to be here
In this room

We hold parties in our sleep
We fill ourselves up in our sleep
And I'll heal you when you're ill
Though it's hard keeping still
In our sleep

Pries the hair out of her mouth
While the circus is heading south
While we search in the sand
Don't ask them to understand
Why they cover up their hands
And their mouths

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Circle in the Sand
Belinda Carlisle

Sundown all around
Walking thru the summers end
Waves crash baby, dont look back
I wont walk away again

Oh, baby, anywhere you go,
We are bound together
I begin, baby, where you end
Some things are forever !

Circle in the sand
round and round
Never ending love is what weve found
And you complete the heart of me
Our love is all we need
Circle in the sand

Cold wind, tide move in
Shiver in the salty air
Day breaks, my heart aches
I will wait for you right here.

[Sibling Chatty]

I Will Wait for You Andy Williams, Brenda lee, Frank Sinatra, Astrud Gilberto, et al

The clock will tick away the hours one by one
And then the time will come when all the waiting's done
The time when you'll return and find me here and run
Straight to my waiting arms

If it takes forever, I will wait for you
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you
Till you're back beside me
Till I'm holding you, till I hear you sigh
Here in my arms

Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go
Every day remember how I love you so
In your heart believe what in my heart I know
That forever more I'll wait for you

If it takes forever, I will wait for you
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you
Till you're here beside me
Till I'm touching you
And forevermore I'll wait for you
I will wait for you
Yes, I will wait for you
I will wait for you

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

When I wake up, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you

If I get drunk, yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver, yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you

But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

When I'm working, yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money comes in for the work I'll do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you

But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door

- "(I'm gonna be) 500 Miles", the Proclaimers

[Sibling Chatty]

500 Miles~~Peter, Paul and Mary

If you miss the train I'm on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord I'm one, lord I'm two, lord I''m three, lord I'm four,
Lord I'm 500 miles from my home.
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
Lord Im five hundred miles from my home.

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way
This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way.

If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.


(OOOOH!! Proclaimers!! Benny&Joon!! Depp!!)

[Vita Curator]

Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Album: Did She Mention My Name
Title: Did She Mention My Name  

It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day
And talk about the home town a million miles away
Is the ice still on the river, are the old folks still the same
And by the way, did she mention my name
Did she mention my name just in passing
And when the morning came, do you remember if she dropped a name or two
Is the home team still on fire, do they still win all the games
And by the way, did she mention my name

[Sibling Chatty]

Old Friends
Paul Simon, as performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Old friends,
Old friends
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends.
A newspaper blown though the grass
Falls on the round toes
Of the high shoes
Of the old friends.

Old friends,
Winter companions,
The old men
Lost in their overcoats,
Waiting for the sunset.
The sounds of the city,
Sifting through trees,
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends.

Can you imagine us
Years from today,
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange
To be seventy.
Old friends,
Memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fears

[goat starer]

Nena - 99 Red Balloons Lyrics
You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons
With the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
From somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

[Instrumental Interlude]

99 Knights of the airway
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go