The Lyric Chain

[Swatopluk]

The rule is that the lyrics posted have to have a word in common with those in the previous post.
A "real" word that is, not 'a', 'the', 'and' etc.
This word has to be highlighted.
An unspoken rule is that the chosen word should not be the same that the previous poster used for connection with the post (s)he referred to. So, I could not use 'home' because beagle used it to connect with my previous post.

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Have you seen the mistletoe,
It fills the night with kisses
Have you seen the bright blue star,
It fills your heart with wishes
Have you seen the candlelight,
It shines from every window
Have you seen the moon above,
It lights the sky in silver

Green is in the mistletoe and red is in the holly
Silver in the stars above that shine on everybody
Gold is in the candlelight and crimson in the embers
White is in the winter night that everyone remembers

Have you heard the boys outside, when all the girls are skating
Have you heard their sweet hearts cry for all this time they're waiting

Green is in the mistletoe and red is in the holly
Silver in the stars above that shine on everybody
Gold is in the candlelight and crimson in the embers
White is in the winter night that everyone remembers

Have you seen the children playing, tiny hands are frozen
Have you seen them hurry home, when suddenly it's snowing

Green is in the mistletoe and red is in the holly
Silver in the stars above that shine on everybody
Gold is in the candlelight and crimson in the embers
White is in the winter night that everyone remembers

Have you heard that bells are ringing, ringing at their story
Have you heard the choir singing, Glory, Glory Glory

Enya - White is in the winter night

[beagle]

After all this time , I still haven't been able to discern how this game is played .
I imagine the highlighted words have some sort of connection but I'm not noticing any relationships , and haven't been able to locate the original post(s) over there .

What Swato said, plus:

Sometimes we manage a theme for a while, but usually it's enough of a challenge just finding a song with an interesting matching word.  My extra unspoken rule is that I usually only post songs I like, which means inflicting a higher number of Pet Shop Boys/Joy Division/Pink Floyd/Doors songs on participants than is strictly reasonable. Similarly, careful analysis of the posts leads me to suspect Swato might possibly be an Enya fan.
I usually like to post a YouTube link (if it's on there) so people can hear the song, but often they're pulled for copyright violation.

How does this game progress anyway ?

It doesn't, it goes round in circles.

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Someone and someone were down by the pond
Looking for something to plant in the lawn.
Out in the fields they were turning the soil
Im sitting here hoping this water will boil
When I look through the windows and out on the road
They're bringing me presents and saying hello.

Singing words, words between the lines of age.
Words, words between the lines of age.

If I was a junkman selling you cars,
Washing your windows and shining your stars,
Thinking your mind was my own in a dream
What would you wonder and how would it seem?
Living in castles a bit at a time
The king started laughing and talking in rhyme.

Singing words, words between the lines of age.
Words, words between the lines of age.


Neil Young - Words

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Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel.

"Hither, page, and stand by me, if you know it, telling,
Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?"
"Sire, he lives a good league hence, underneath the mountain,
Right against the forest fence, by Saint Agnes' fountain."

"Bring me food and bring me wine, bring me pine logs hither,
You and I will see him dine, when we bear them thither."
Page and monarch, forth they went, forth they went together,
Through the cold wind's wild lament and the bitter weather.

"Sire, the night is darker now, and the wind blows stronger,
Fails my heart, I know not how; I can go no longer."
"Mark my footsteps, my good page, tread now in them boldly,
You shall find the winter's rage freeze your blood less coldly."

In his master's steps he trod, where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure, wealth or rank possessing,
You who now will bless the poor shall yourselves find blessing.

[beagle]

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly

I'm holding very tight
I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

Far across the world
The villages go by like trees
The rivers and the hills
The forests and the streams

Children gaze open mouth
Taken by surprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes

We're surfing in the air
We're swimming in the frozen sky
We're drifting over icy
Mountains floating by

Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep
Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly


Peter Auty - Walking in the Air  (Blake)

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I see trees of green........ red roses too
I see em bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue..... clouds of white
Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.

The colors of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....sayin.. how do you do
Theyre really sayin......i love you.

I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
Theyll learn much more.....than Ill never know
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world

(instrumental break)

The colors of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are there on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....sayin.. how do you do
Theyre really sayin...*spoken*(I ....love....you).

I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
*spoken*(you know their gonna learn
A whole lot more than Ill never know)
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself .......what a wonderful world.

[beagle]

Sunday morning, praise the dawning
It's just a restless feeling by my side
Early dawning, sunday morning
It's just the wasted years so close behind

Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all

Sunday morning and I'm falling
I've got a feeling I don't want to know
Early dawning, sunday morning
It's all the streets you crossed, not so long ago

Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all

Watch out, the world's behind you
There's always someone around you who will call
It's nothing at all

Sunday morning
Sunday morning
Sunday morning

The Velvet Undergound - Sunday morning

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Great Old Ones Are Coming to Town
Sean Branney, to the tune of ``Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'':

You'd better watch out; you better go hide.
And Elder Sign's needed for this Yuletide
Great Old Ones are comin to town.

They're making a fist and shaking it twice.
They're going to hit you, naughty or nice.
Great Old Ones are coming to town.

They're bringing ugly Shuggoths,
And horrid Deep Ones too,
Shub Niggurath is waking up
And so is Cthulhu

So you better watch out, you'd better go 'way,
Before the big guy comes up from R'lyeh.
Great Old Ones are coming to town.

[beagle]

Once I believed that when love came to me,
It would come with rockets, bells and poetry;
But with me and you
It just started quietly and grew
And believe it or not, now there's
Something groovy and good 'bout whatever we got.

And it's getting better,
Growing stronger
Warm and wilder,
Getting better everyday,
Better everyday.

I don't feel all turned on and starry eyed;
I just feel a sweet contentment deep inside.
Holding you at night
Just seems kind of natural and right,
And it's not hard to see that it
Isn't half of what it's gonna turn out to be,

Cause it's getting better,
Growing stronger
Warm and wilder,
Getting better everyday,
Better everyday.

Ba da da da dah da da da da da
And I don't mind waiting, I don't mind waiting,
Cause no matter how long it takes, the two of us know

That it's getting better,
Growing stronger
Warm and wilder,
Getting better everyday,
Better everyday.

Getting better everyday,

Getting better everyday.

Mama Cass - It's getting better

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Margaret Singana - We are growing

Ayeyeyeyeye, ye
Aye, ayo, oh
Ayeyeyeyeye, oyo
Ayoyo, oh, oyo

Ayeyeyeyeye, ye
Ayeyeyeyeye, ye
Ayoyo, oh, oyo

Be a man of greatness now
A man so tall, a man so kind
Be a man of wisdome now
A man of mind, a man of blind

Be a man of kindness now
A man so big and strong in mind
Be a man so humble now
A man of man, now let it shine

This is what you are
This is how it was planned now
This is what to be
Every kind of man now

This is what to say
With the kind of meaning
This is what to feel
With the kind of feeling

We are growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

He is growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

Hear the children, hear the children
They are talking to you
Hear the wind blow, hear the wind blow
It is blowing for you

See the grass grow, see the grass grow
It whispers his name
See the fire blow, see the fire blow
His heart's in the flame

Ayete, gossy
Ayete, gossy
Ayete, gossy
Ayete, gossy

We are growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

He is growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

Hear the children, hear the children
They are talking to you
Hear the wind blow, hear the wind blow
It is blowing for you

See the grass grow, see the grass grow
It whispers his name
See the fire blow, see the fire blow
His heart in the flame

Ayete, gossy
Ayete, gossy

We are growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

He is growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

Ayete, gossy
Ayete, gossy

We are growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

We are growing
Growing higher and higher
We are growing
Growing higher and higher

(Growing
Higher
Growing

I think there are a number of errors*in this transcript but given the source that is understandable
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10h-xCKsY-k

* e.g. I think it is 'him' not 'you' and 'gossy' should be 'nkosi'

[beagle]

This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

Down in my heart
I'm gonna let it shine
Down in my heart
I'm gonna let it shine
Down in my heart
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

Down in South America
I'm gonna let it shine
Down in South America
I'm gonna let it shine
Down in South America
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

Ain't gonna make it shine
Just gonna let it shine
Ain't gonna make it shine
Just gonna let it shine
Ain't gonna make it shine
Just gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

This Little Light of Mine  (traditional?)

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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 500 miles
And i would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 5,000 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

When i come home yeah i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if i grow old well i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you

But i would walk 500 miles
And i would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 5,000 miles
To fall down at your door

When i'm lonely well i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man whose lonely without you
When i'm dreaming well i know i'm gonna dream
I'm gonna dream about the time when i'm with you.

When i go out yeah i know i'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
When i come home yes i know i'm gonna be,
I'm gonna, be the man who comes back home with you
I'm gonna be the man who's coming home with you

But i would walk 500 miles
And i would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 5,000 miles
To fall down at your door

But i would walk 500 miles
And i would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 5,000 miles
To fall down at your door

The Proclaimers - I'm gonna be

[beagle]

Well I wake up in the morning,
Tell me baby what do you see?
I see my true love and she walks up and she kisses me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

I go walking down to your house,
Tell me baby is it good for me?
Your Ma and Pa, they just wanna kick me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really really free,
Kick me.

I tried talking to your mama,
Oh no, that's not good for me,
Every time I go near your baby,
You say "Cor baby that's really free".

I tried singing in the bathroom,
'til my honey put the heat on me,
Every time you move towards my body
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really really free,
Kick me.

So I wake up in the morning,
Tell me baby what do you see?
I see my true love and she walks up and she kisses me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

I go walking down to your house,
Tell me baby that's not good for me?
Your Ma and Pa, they just wanna kick me,
I say "Cor baby that's really free".

Really free really free,
Really really really free,
Kick me.

John Otway and Wild Willy Barratt - Really Free

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It's In The Rain (also available cthulhufied)
Artist(Band):Enya


Everytime the rain comes down
Close my eyes and listen
I can hear the lonesome sound
Of THE sky as it cries

Listen to the rain
Here it comes again
Hear it in the rain

Feel the touch of tears that fall
They won't fall forever
In the way the day will flow
All things come, all things go

Listen to the rain... the rain
Here it comes again... again
Hear it in the rain... the rain

Late at night I drift away
I can hear you calling
And my name is in the rain
Leaves on trees whispering
Deep blue seas, mysteries

Even when this moment ends
Can't let go this feeling
Everything will come on again
In the sound falling down
Of the sky as it cries
Hear my name in the rain

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoWcpafo1Zs

[beagle]

Long as I remember the rain been coming down.
Clouds of mystery pouring confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, tryin to find the sun;
And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain.

I went down Virginia, seeking shelter from the storm.
Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow.
Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains.
And I wonder, still I wonder who'll stop the rain.

Heard the singers playing, how we cheered for more.
The crowd had rushed together, tryin to keep warm.
Still the rain kept pouring, falling on my ears.
And I wonder, still I wonder who'll stop the rain.


Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop the Rain

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O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!

My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad
The honors of Thy name.

Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
'Tis music in the sinner's ears,
'Tis life, and health, and peace.

He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.

He speaks, and, listening to His voice,
New life the dead receive,
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.

Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,
Your loosened tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Savior come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy.

In Christ your Head, you then shall know,
Shall feel your sins forgiven;
Anticipate your heaven below,
And own that love is heaven.

Glory to God, and praise and love
Be ever, ever given,
By saints below and saints above,
The church in earth and heaven.

On this glad day the glorious Sun
Of Righteousness arose;
On my benighted soul He shone
And filled it with repose.

Sudden expired the legal strife,
'Twas then I ceased to grieve;
My second, real, living life
I then began to live.

Then with my heart I first believed,
Believed with faith divine,
Power with the Holy Ghost received
To call the Savior mine.

I felt my Lord's atoning blood
Close to my soul applied;
Me, me He loved, the Son of God,
For me, for me He died!

I found and owned His promise true,
Ascertained of my part,
My pardon passed in heaven I knew
When written on my heart.

Look unto Him, ye nations, own
Your God, ye fallen race;
Look, and be saved through faith alone,
Be justified by grace.

See all your sins on Jesus laid:
The Lamb of God was slain,
His soul was once an offering made
For every soul of man.

Awake from guilty nature's sleep,
And Christ shall give you light,
Cast all your sins into the deep,
And wash the Æthiop white.

Harlots and publicans and thieves
In holy triumph join!
Saved is the sinner that believes
From crimes as great as mine.

Murderers and all ye hellish crew
In holy triumph join!
Believe the Savior died for you;
For me the Savior died.

With me, your chief, ye then shall know,
Shall feel your sins forgiven;
Anticipate your heaven below,
And own that love is heaven.