The Lyric Chain

[beagle]

Wochenend und Sonnenschein
und dann mit dir im Wald allein,
weiter brauch ich nichts zum Glücklichsein,
Wochenend und Sonnenschein.

Über uns die Lerche zieht,
sie singt genau wie wir ein Lied.
Alle Vögel stimmen fröhlich ein.
Wochenend und Sonnenschein.

Kein Auto, keien Chausee
und niemand in uns'rer Näh'.

Tief im Wald nur ich und du,
der Herrgott drückt ein Auge zu,
denn er schenkt uns ja zum Glücklichsein
Wochenend und Sonnenschein.

Nur sechs Tage sind der Arbeit!
Doch am siebten Tag sollst Du ruh'n,
sprach der Herrgott, doch wir haben
auch am siebten Tag zu tun.


The Comedian Harmonists - Wochenend und Sonnenschein

(Think that's the right link, no sound here. This song is racier than the English translation.  PARENTAL ADVISORY  ).

[Swatopluk]

Wolf Biermann - BALLADE VOM BRIEFTRÄGER WILLIAM L. MOORE

Ballade vom Briefträger William L. Moore,
Der im Jahre '63 allein in die Südstaaten wanderte.
Er protestierte gegen die Verfolgung der Neger.
Er wurde erschossen nach einer Woche.
Drei Kugeln trafen ihn in die Stirn

Sonntag, da ruhte William L. Moore
Von seiner Arbeit aus
Er war ein armer Briefträger nur
In Baltimore stand sein Haus

Montag, ein Tag in Baltimore
Sprach er zu seiner Frau:
Ich will nicht länger Briefträger sein
Ich geh nach Südn auf Tour that's shure!
Black And White, Unite! Unite!
Schrieb er auf ein Schild
White and Black - die Schranken weg!
Und er ging ganz allein

Dienstag, ein Tag im Eisenbahnzug
Fragte William L. Moore
Manch einer nach dem Schild, das er trug
Und wünscht ihm Glück auf die Tour
Black And White, Unite! Unite!
Stand auf seinem Schild ...

Mittwoch, in Alabama ein Tag
Ging er auf der Chaussee
Weit war der Weg nach Birmingham
Taten die Füße ihm weh
Black And White, Unite! Unite!
Stand auf seinem Schild ...

Donnerstag hielt der Sheriff ihn an
Sagte: Du bist doch weiß!
Sagte: Was gehn die Nigger dich an
Junge, bedenke den Preis
Black And White, Unite! Unite!
Stand auf seinem Schild ...

Freitag lief ihm ein Hund hinterher
Wurde sein guter Freund
Abends schon trafen Steine sie schwer
Sie gingen weiter zu zweit ...
Black And White, Unite! Unite!
Stand auf seinem Schild...

Sonnabend, ein Tag, war furchtbar heiß
Kam eine weiße Frau
Gab ihm ein' Drink, und heimlich sprach sie:
Ich denk' wie Sie ganz genau
Black And White, Unite! Unite!
Stand auf seinem Schild...

Last day
Sonntag, ein blauer Sommertag
Lag er im grünen Gras
Blühten drei rote Nelken blutrot
Auf seiner Stirne so blaß
Black And White, Unite! Unite!
Steht auf seinem Schild
White and Black - die Schranken weg!
Und er starb ganz allein
Und er bleibt nicht allein

[beagle]

Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again ?
The Leeds side-streets that you slip down
I wonder to myself
Hopes may rise on the Grasmere
But Honey Pie, you're not safe here
So you run down
To the safety of the town
But there's Panic on the streets of Carlisle
Dublin, Dundee, Humberside
I wonder to myself

Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
IT SAYS NOTHING TO ME ABOUT MY LIFE
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music they constantly play


On the Leeds side-streets that you slip down
Provincial towns you jog 'round
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
HANG THE DJ, HANG THE DJ
Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ, Hang the DJ
HANG THE DJ

The Smiths - Panic

[Swatopluk]

Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper,
with his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
And held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

So how can you tell me you're lonely,
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking,
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags.

Chorus

In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven,
Same old man is sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his tea-cup,
Each tea last an hour
Then he wanders home alone

Chorus

And have you seen the old man
Outside the seaman's mission
Memory fading with
The medal ribbons that he wears.
In our winter city,
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care

Chorus

Thinking about cthulhufying it for some time now

[beagle]

When I get to Warwick Avenue
Meet me by the entrance of the tube
We can talk things over a little time
Promise me you won't step out of line

When I get to Warwick Avenue
Please drop the past and be true
Don't think we're okay
Just because I'm here
You hurt me bad but I won't shed a tear

I'm leaving you for the last time baby
You think you're loving,
But you don't love me
I've been confused
Outta my mind lately,
You think you're loving,
But I want to be free, baby
You've hurt me.

When I get to Warwick Avenue
We'll spend an hour but no more than two
Our only chance to speak once more
I showed you the answers, now here's the door.

When I get to Warwick Avenue
I'll tell you baby that we're through!

I'm leaving you for the last time baby
You think you're loving,
But you don't love me
I've been confused
An outta my mind lately
You think you're loving,
But you don't love me
I want to be free,
Baby you've hurt me.

All the days spent together
I wished for better,
But I didn't want the train to come
Now it's departed, I'm broken hearted
Seems like we never started
All those days spent together
When I wished for better
And I didn't want the train to come.
Oh, no.

You think you're loving
But you don't love me
I want to be free, baby
You've hurt me
You don't love me
I want to be free
Baby you've hurt me

Duffy - Warwick Avenue

[Swatopluk]

Last train to London

It was 9.29, 9.29 back street big city.
The sun was going down,
There was music all around,
It felt so right.

It was one of those nights, one of those nights
When you feel the world stop turnin'.
You were standing there,
There was music in the air.
I should have been away,
But I knew I'd have to stay.

Last train to London just headin' out.
Last train to London just leavin' town.
But I really want tonight to last forever,
I really wanna be with you.
Let the music play on down the line tonight.

It was one of those nights, one of those nights
When you feel the fire is burnin'.
Everybody was there, everybody to share,
It felt so right.

There you were on your own,
Lookin' like you were the only one around.
I had to be with you,
Nothin' else that I could do.
I should have been away,
But I knew I'd have to stay.

Last train to London just headin' out.
Last train to London just leavin' town.
But I really want tonight to last forever,
I really wanna be with you.
Let the music play on down the line tonight.

Underneath a starry sky, time was still,
But hours must really have rushed by.
I didn't realise,
But love was in your eyes.
I really should have gone,
But love went on and on...

Last train to London just headin' out.
Last train to London just leavin' town.
But I really want tonight to last forever,
I really wanna be with you.
Let the music play on down the line tonight.
But I really want tonight to last forever,
I really wanna be with you.
Let the music play on down the line tonight.

[beagle]

Stepping out to Angellucci's for my coffee beans
Checking out the movies and the magazines
Waitress she watches me crossing from the Barocco Bar
I'm getting a pickup for my steel guitar
I saw you walking out Shaftesbury Avenue
Excuse me for talking I wanna marry you
This is the seventh heaven street to me
Don't be so proud
You're just another angel in the crowd
And I'm walking in the wild west end
Walking with your wild best friend

And my conductress on the number nineteen
She was a honey
Pink toenails and hands all dirty with money
Greasy hair easy smile
Made me feel nineteen for a while
Amd wI went down to Chinatown
In the backroom it's a man's world
All the money go down
Duck inside the doorway gotta duck to eat
Right now feels alright now
You and me we can't beat

And a gogo dancing girl yes I saw her
The deejay he say here's Mandy for ya
I feel alright to see her
But she's paid to do that stuff
She's dancing high I move on by
The close ups can get rough
When you're walking in the wild west end


Dire Straits - Wild West End

[Swatopluk]

This is a man's world, this is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

You see, man made the cars to take us over the road
Man made the trains to carry heavy loads
Man made electric light to take us out of the dark
Man made the boat for the water, like Noah made the ark

This is a man's, a man's, a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

Man thinks about a little baby girls and a baby boys
Man makes then happy 'cause man makes them toys
And after man has made everything, everything he can
You know that man makes money to buy from other man

This is a man's world
But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

He's lost in the wilderness
He's lost in bitterness

James Brown

[beagle]

Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be.
As a friend, as a friend, as an old Enemy.
Take your time, hurry up, choice is yours, don't be late.
Take a rest, as a friend, as an old memory.

Memory ah, Memory ah, Memory ah.


Come doused in Mud, cept in Bleach, as I want you to be.
As a trend, as a friend, as an old Memory ahhh.

Memory ahh, Memory ahh, Memory ahh.


And I swear that I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun

Memory ahh, Memory ahh, Memory ahh, Memory ahh. (Don't have a Gun.)


And I swear that I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
No, I don't have a gun
(Memory ahh, Memory ahh)


Nirvana - Come as you are

[Swatopluk]

The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
Lost in a river last saturday night
Far away on the other side.
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through
The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side.
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away
Four am in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Star was light in a silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night
But she couldn't find how to push through
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away
I stay
I pray
I see you in heaven far away
Far away on the other side.
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy but the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Far away on the other side.

Mike Oldfield

[beagle]

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, it makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking
and it makes me wonder
really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forest will echo with laughter


If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May Queen
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on
Ooh, it makes me wonder
Ooh, Ooh, it makes me wonder

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know
The piper's calling you to join him
Dear lady, can't you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind


And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all is one and one is all, yeah
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying the stairway to heaven

Zep - Stairway to Heaven

Yeah, I know.

[Swatopluk]

    God save our gracious Queen
    Long live our noble Queen,
    God save the Queen:
    Send her victorious,
    Happy and glorious,
    Long to reign over us:
    God save the Queen.

    O Lord, our God, arise,
    Scatter her enemies,
    And make them fall.
    Confound their politics,
    Frustrate their knavish tricks,
    On Thee our hopes we fix,
    God save us all.

    Thy choicest gifts in store,
    On her be pleased to pour;
    Long may she reign:
    May she defend our laws,
    And ever give us cause
    To sing with heart and voice
    God save the Queen.

    Lord, grant that Marshal Wade,
    May by thy mighty aid,
    Victory bring.
    May he sedition hush and like a torrent rush,
    Rebellious Scots to crush,
    God save the Queen.

    Our lovèd Dominion bless
    With peace and happiness
    From shore to shore;
    And let our Empire be
    United, loyal, free,
    True to herself and Thee
    For evermore.

[beagle]

In days of yore, from Britain's shore,
Wolfe, the dauntless hero came,

And planted firm Britannia's flag,
On Canada's fair domain.
Here may it wave, our boast, our pride,
And joined in love together,
The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine


The Maple Leaf forever!
Chorus:
The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear,
The Maple Leaf forever!
God save our Queen, and Heaven bless,
The Maple Leaf forever!

At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane,
Our brave fathers, side by side,
For freedom, homes, and loved ones dear,
Firmly stood and nobly died;
And those dear rights which they maintained,
We swear to yield them never!
Our watchword evermore shall be,
The Maple Leaf forever!

Chorus:
Our fair Dominion now extends
From Cape Race to Nootka Sound;
May peace forever be our lot,
And plenteous store abound:
And may those ties of love be ours
Which discord cannot sever,
And flourish green o'er freedom's home
The Maple Leaf forever!
Chorus:
On merry England's far famed land
May kind heaven sweetly smile,
God bless old Scotland evermore
and Ireland's Em'rald Isle!
And swell the song both loud and long
Till rocks and forest quiver!
God save our Queen and Heaven bless
The Maple Leaf forever!


Alexander Muir - The Maple Leaf Forever

[Swatopluk]

Kinks - Yours Truly, Confused n10

Dear sir or madame, I don't normally write to the press
But the neighbourhood where I grew up is really quite depressed.
Society is crumbling but the media's obsessed with boobs, bums,
Dot com, millionaires, fame, fashion, footsie shares
But people they couldn't care less.

While parliamentary yobbos shout abuse around the house
Do-gooders and reformers lead our nation to defeat.
While murderers and terrorists get compassionate release
You're out now. You're back on the street yeh, back on the street.

That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10.

I close my eyes and lay back and I think of England.
I dream about that green and pleasant land we knew as England.
That throne of kings, that sceptred isle set in a silver sea
Has turned into a laughing stock divided without harmony.

That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10

The burglars have ransacked all the houses in the street
While Mercs and Posches double park with sheer impunity.
When towed away the ponces plead to all and sundry
Referee what about me?

So forgive my lack of confidence and total low esteem
But the dog eat dog society has deemed us all has-beens.
While our smiling bland spin doctors slyly lead us down the track
to a stab in the back.

I'm much too terrified to go out at night but the television's boring.
They're vandalising all the cars on the street
but I won't lay down and take defeat.

That's why I remain yours truly, confused N10

[beagle]

(Two divided by zero, zero)
(Two divided by zero, zero, zero)

Let's not go home, we'll catch the late train
I've got enough money to pay all the way
When the postman calls, he'll deliver the letter
I've explained everything; it's better that way

(Divided by, divided by) I think they heard a rumour
(Divided by, divided by) Or someone tipped them off
(Divided by, divided by) It's better to go sooner
(Divided by, divided by) Than call it all off

We'll catch a plane to New York, and a cab going down
Cross the bridges and tunnels, straight into town
Tomorrow morning we'll be miles away
On another continent and another day

(Divided by, divided by) Let's not go home
(Divided by, divided by) Or call it a day
(Divided by, divided by) You won't be alone
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away

(Two divided by zero, zero)
(Two divided by zero, zero, zero)
(D...d...d...d...d...divided by)
(Divided by, divided by)
(Z...z...z...z...z...zero, zero)
(Divided by)



(Divided by, divided by) Someone spread a rumour
(Divided by, divided by zero, zero)
(Divided by, divided by) Better to go sooner
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away

So why hang around for the deed to be done
You can give it all up for a place in the sun
When the postman calls we'll be miles away
On a plane to New York and another day

(Divided by, divided by) I think they heard a rumour
(Divided by, divided by) Or someone tipped them off
(Divided by, divided by) Better to go sooner
(Divided by, divided by) Than call it all off

(Divided by, divided by) Someone spread a rumour
(Divided by, divided by) And someone has to pay
(Divided by, divided by) Let's not go home
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away
(Divided by, divided by) Let's not go home
(Divided by, divided by) Let's run away


PSB - Two Divided by Zero