The Lyric Chain

[beagle]

Once I thought I saw you
in a crowded hazy bar,
Dancing on the light
from star to star.
Far across the moonbeam
I know that's who you are,
I saw your brown eyes
turning once to fire.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

I am just a dreamer,
but you are just a dream,
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.

You are just a dreamer,
and I am just a dream.
You could have been
anyone to me.
Before that moment
you touched my lips
That perfect feeling
when time just slips
Away between us
on our foggy trip.

You are like a hurricane
There's calm in your eye.
And I'm gettin' blown away
To somewhere safer
where the feeling stays.
I want to love you but
I'm getting blown away.


Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Like a Hurricane

[Griffin NoName]

I hold your hand in mine, dear,
I press it to my lips.
I take a healthy bite
From your dainty fingertips.

My joy would be complete, dear,
If you were only here,
But still I keep your hand
As a precious souvenir.

The night you died I cut it off.
I really dont know why.
For now each time I kiss it
I get bloodstains on my tie.

Im sorry now I killed you,
For our love was something fine,
And till they come to get me
I shall hold your hand in mine.

Tom Lehrer. I hold your hand in mine.

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

You ever had a day like I had today,
When things are stacked up bad?
You look around and every face you see
Seems guaranteed to send you mad.
And you peer into those hallowed institutions.
And they bark at you from every side.
But the bite goes wide.

I see them running with their tails hanging low
Like dogs in the midwinter.
The prophets and the wise men and the hard politicos
Are all dogs in the midwinter.
Let the breath from the mountain still the pain,
Clear water from the fountain run sweeter than the rain.
Dogs in the midwinter.

The boss man and the tax man and the moneylenders growl...
Like dogs in the midwinter.
The weaker of the herd can feel their eyes and hear them howl
Like dogs in the midwinter.
Though the fox and the rabbit are at peace,
Cold doggies in the manger turn last suppers into feasts.
Dogs in the midwinter.

You ever had a day like I had today ---
Dogs in the midwinter.
You look around and every face you see ---
Dogs in the midwinter.
And you peer into those hallowed institutions.
And they bark at you from every side.
But the bite goes wide.

We're all running on a tightrope, wearing slippers in the snow...
We're all dogs in the midwinter.
The ice is ever thinner. be careful how you go
Like dogs in the midwinter.
And it's hard to find true equilibrium
When you're looking at each other down the muzzle of a gun.
Dogs in the midwinter.

Jethro Tull - Dogs in the Midwinter

[beagle]

You never give me my money
you only give me your sympathy
cause I keep on running
there Is no way to catch up with me
I'm leaving you
don't make no fuss

you want even see me oh no for dust
I'm running with the pack, running with the pack
I'm running with the pack, never looking back

you try to keep me In cages
but baby you got to catch me first
you think your law Is contagious
I'll do my best you can do your worst
I'm leaving you
now who can I trust

you want even see me oh no for dust
I'm running with the pack, running with the pack
I'm running with the pack, never looking back

I'm running with the pack, running with the pack
I'm running with the pack, never looking back

I'm running with the pack, running with the pack
I'm running with the pack, never looking back

you can hold me now......
On my own way, running with the pack
never never looking back
keep on running, keep on running
movin on, movin on


Bad Company - Run With The Pack

[Swatopluk]

Maidens of St Trinian's
Gird your armour on
Grab the nearest weapon
Never mind which one!
The battle's to the strongest
Might is always right
Trample on the weakest
Glory in their plight!
St Trinian's! St Trinian's!
Our battle cry.
St Trinian's! St Trinian's!
Will never die!

Stride towards your fortune
Boldly on your way
Never once forgetting
There's one born every day
Let our motto be broadcast
"Get your blow in first,"
She who draws the sword last
Always comes off worst.
(Shout) St Trinian's! St Trinian's!
Our battle cry.
St Trinian's! St Trinian's!
Will never die!

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

If I was a seagull high in a loof
I'd sail to the highest perch on your roof
But I ain't no seagull, you know my name
And the winds blowin fortune, the winds blowin pain
And so it goes, nobody knows
How to get to the sky, how to get to the sky
If I was a puppy dog in the early dawn
I'd make it to your house and sleep on your lawn
but I ain'ty no puppydog, you know my name
And the wind blows fortune, the wind blows pain
And so it goes, nobody knows
How to get to the sky, how to get to the sky
How to get to the sky, how to get to the sky

Tom Waits - So It Goes

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

Bah!  You're too quick for me, Kiyo!

Here's the song I was going to do:



Put a lid on it
What's that you say?
Put a lid on it
Oh man, no way
Put a lid down on it and everything'll be all right
Put a lid on it
Don't hand me that
Put a lid on it
I'm all right, Jack
Put a lid down on it before somebody starts a fight

Say everytime I turn it loose
You cats come down and cook my goose
When I start I just can't stop
If you keep this up, you're going to blow your top

Put a lid on it
Too late this time
Put a lid on it
I gotta get what's mine
Put a lid down on it and everything'll be all right

Grab hold of your drink, clear me a space
I think it's time to torch this place
Now the girl's in overdrive
Some of your pals want to stay alive!
I'll put a lid on it
I'll put a lid on it
I'll put a lid down on it
Save it for another night

- "Put a Lid on it", the Squirrel Nut-Zippers




And here's the new one:

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows


- "Everybody Knows", Leonard Cohen

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

Sorry Lambi

This time, you have to face your future
Although it's just a dusty road
It's clear that backing down don't suit you
I'd hate, to break your sacred code
People, along for the ride
High noon, getting closer

I think you'll find, everybody loves a loser
So you'll be fine, you won't be lonely long
I think you'll find, everybody loves a loser
So you'll be fine, you won't be lonely long

I see, you need a trial of fire
A coward would wisely walk away
Help them, help us bide your time
Hideouts get discovered

I think you'll find, everybody loves a loser
So you'll be fine, you won't be lonely long
I think you'll find, everybody loves a loser
So you'll be fine, you won't be lonely long

I think you'll find, everybody loves a loser
So you'll be fine, you won't be lonely long
I think you'll find, everybody loves a loser
So you'll be fine, you won't be lonely long

Morcheeba - Everybody Loves a Loser

[Bluenose]

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tommorow, no tommorow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
Its a very, very
Mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

Mad World, Tears for Fears

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
As I walked out on Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
Wrapped in white linen, as cold as the clay

"I can see by your outfit that you are a cowboy"
These words he did say as I boldly walked by
"Come and sit down beside me and hear my sad story
For I'm shot in the breast and I know I must die.

"It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing
Once in the saddle I used to go gay
First to the cardhouse and then down to Rosie's
But I'm shot in the breast and I'm dying today

"Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin
Six dance hall maidens to bear up my pall
Put bunches of roses all over my coffin
Roses to deaden the clods as they fall

"Then beat the drum slowly
Play the fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along
Down to the green valley
Lay the sod o'er me
I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong

"Then go write a letter to my grey-haired mother
And tell her the cowboy that she loved has gone
But please, not one word of the man who has killed me
Don't mention his name and his name will pass on"

When thus he had spoken, the hot sun was setting
The streets of Laredo grew cold as the clay
We took the young cowboy down to the green valley
And there stands his marker we made to this day

We beat the drum slowly
Played the fife lowly
Played the dead march as we carried him along
Down to the green valley
Laid the sod o'er him
He was a young cowboy and he said he'd done wrong


- "Streets of Laredo", Traditional (I think)

[Swatopluk]

By the storm torn shoreline a woman is standing
The spray strung like jewels in her hair
And the sea tore the rocks near that desolate landing
As though it had known she stood there

CHORUS:
For she has come down to condemn that wild ocean
For the murderous loss of her man
His boat sailed out on Wednesday morning
And it's feared she's _gone down with all hands

Oh and white were the wave caps and wild was their parting
So fierce is the warring of love
But she prayed to the gods, both of men and of sailors
Not to cast their cruel nets o'er her love

There's a school on the hill where the sons of dead fathers
Are led toward tempests and gales
Where their God-given wings are clipped close to their bodies
And their eyes are bound round with ship's sails

What force leads a man to a life filled with danger
High on seas or a mile underground
It's when need is his master and poverty's no stranger
And there's no other work to be found

Andy M. Stewart, The Fishermen's Song

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

Fire in the disco
Fire in the taco bell
Fire in the disco
Fire in the gates of hell

Don't you want to know how we keep starting fires?
It's my desire, It's my desire, It's my desire

Don't you want to know how we keep starting fires?
It's my desire, It's my desire, It's my desire

Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, When we kiss
Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, when we kiss
When we touch

Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, When we kiss
Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, when we kiss
When we touch, when we kiss

Don't you want to know how we keep starting fires?
It's my desire, It's my desire

Don't you want to know how we keep starting fires?
It's my desire, It's my desire

Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, When we kiss
Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, when we kiss
When we touch

Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, When we kiss
Danger! Danger! High Voltage!
When we touch, when we kiss
When we touch, when we kiss

No more

Fire in the disco
Fire in the disco
Fire in the taco bell
Fire in the disco
Fire in the disco
Fire in the gates of Hell

Gates of Hell

Electric Six - High Voltage

[Sibling Lambicus the Toluous]

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
I didn't set your car on fire

But it's just the way I am
Have to take it for a fact
Life can really burn you up
When you're a pyromaniac

So if you love somebody
Better set them on fire

I went to your house last night
Dad called me the human torch
Got a little pissed at him
So I burned down your front porch

Now I feel a little bad
About throwing gas on your Dad
But you know it's hard to quit
And besides he started it

I just bought a brand new lighter
And I just can't wait to use it
With a can of kerosene it's lots of fun
You can't refuse it

Oily rags are special things
You know to me they're diamond rings
Maybe we can have some fun
Maybe we can burn someone

And if you love somebody
Better set them on fire

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
I didn't set your Dad on fire

If you love somebody
Better set them on fire

If you love somebody
Why not set them on fire?

If you love somebody
Better set them on fire

If you love somebody
Why not set them on fire?

- "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire", the Dead Milkmen

[Kiyoodle the Gambrinous]

oohhhhh
yeh
come on come on

I see no changes
Wake up in the morning and I ask myself
Is life worth livin, should I blast myself
I'm tired of bein poor and even work some black
My stomach hurts so im lookin for a purse to snatch
Cops give a damn bout a negro
Pull a triger kill a nigger he's a hero
Sellin crack to the kids who the hell cares
One less will be mouthed on the welfare
First ship in dope and let em deal with borthas
You can then step back watch em kill each other
It's time to fight back thats what Huey said
Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead
I got love for my brotha but we can never go no where
unless we share for with each other
We gotta start makin changes
Learn to see me as a brother, instead of two distint strangers
And that's how it's supposed to be
How could the devil take a brotha if he's close to me
I let is go back to when we played as kids
and didn't change
well that's just the way it is

(chorus)
that's just the way it is
things will never be the same
that's just the way it is
o yeah
that's just the way it is
things will never be the same
that's just the ways it is
o yeah

I see no changes all I see is racist faces
Misplace hate makes disgrace for races
We under I wonder what is takes to make this
one better place for this race to waste it
Take the evil out the people that be actin right
cause all black and white and smokin crack tonight
And the only time we chill is when we kill each otha
It takes skill to me real till we heal each other
and tho it seems heaven sent we aint right to see a black presidant
it aint a secret of the sealed effect, the penetentuaries packed
and it's filled with blacks
but some things will never change
try to show another way buy stayin in da dope game
now tell me what's a mother to do
bein real to appeal in the brother in you
you gotta operate the easy way
I made a G today
but you made it in a sleazy way
sellin crack to the kids
I gotta get paid
well hey
that's the way it is

(chorus)
come on come on

that's just the way it is
things will never be the same
that's just the way it is
o yeah
that's just the way it is
things will never be the same
that's just the way it is
o yeah

You gotta make a change
it's time for us as a people to start makin some changes
let's change the way we eat let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other
see the old way was workin so it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive

And still I see no changes
can't a brother get a little peace
there's war on the streets and war on the middle east
stead of full grown poverty
they got a rumor adjust so the police can bother me
and I never did a crime I ain't have to do
but now I'm back in the locks given it back to you
don't let em jack you up back you up crack you up and pimp slap you up
you gotta learn to hold your own
they get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone
but tell the cops they can't touch this
I don't trust this when they tryin to rush or bust us
got the sound on my two just say it ain't cool my mom didn't raise no fool
and as long as I stay black I gotta stay stay strack and I never get to lay back
cuz I always got a worry bout the payback
some ruf that I rufed up way back
comin back after all these years
rat tat tat tat tat
that's the way it is

(chorus)

2Pac - Changes

[beagle]

We came acoss the West Sea
We didn't have much idea
Of the kind of climate waiting
We used our hands for guidance
Like the children of a preacher
Like a dry tree seeking water
Or a daughter
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Does it every time.

An angel came from outside
Had no halo
Had no father
With a coat of many colours
He spoke of brothers many
Wine and women
Song aplenty
He began to write a chapter
In history
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it
Does it every time. 


The Stranglers - Nice 'n' Sleazy