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FarLeftRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:02 PM
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What song truly defines your being?
For me, it's this one:

I don't know where I'm going
But, I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
But, here I go again
Here I go again

Tho' I keep searching for an answer
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh Lord, I pray
You give me strength to carry on
Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An' here I go again on my own
Goin' down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

I'm just another heart in need of rescue
Waiting on love's sweet charity
An' I'm gonna hold on
For the rest of my days
Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An' here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
But here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go again

Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams

An' here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever kown
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
An' I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time

An' here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
Cos I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams



So, what's yours?

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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:03 PM
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1. Ain't Too Proud to Beg.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:11 PM
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3. LMFAO
Best possible reply. I was trying to think of something clever, but there's no way at all I can top that :)
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The empressof all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:06 PM
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2. Hokey Pokey
Because I know---That's truely what it is all about.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:51 PM
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24. Errrraaaa....
With all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at this moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed. Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey", died
peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in... And then the trouble started.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:34 PM
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30. LMAO
sorry...
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AccessGranted Donating Member (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:14 PM
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4. What I Am by Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box.
Religion is the smile on a dog.
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.
What I am is what I am.
Are you what you are - or what?
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Philosophy is a walk on the slippery rocks.
Religion is a light in the fog.
I'm not aware of too many things,
but I know what I know if you know what I mean.
Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.
What I am is what I am.
Are you what you are - or what?
Don't let me get too deep.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:19 PM
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8. Good song, I haven't heard that in ages, now I have to go find it
to download :)
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:15 PM
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5. The Eagles "Desperado"
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don? you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She?ll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of heats is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin no youger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:16 PM
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6. I'd have to say something a little more meloncholy and serious
Black Muddy River by the Grateful Dead

When the last rose of summer pricks my finger
And the hot sun chills me to the bone
When I can't hear the song for the singer
And I can't tell my pillow from a stone

I will walk alone by the black muddy river
And sing me a song of my own
I will walk alone by the black muddy river
And sing me a song of my own

When the last bolt of sunshine hits the mountain
And the stars start to splatter in the sky
When the moon splits the southwest horizon
With the scream of an eagle on the fly

I will walk alone by the black muddy river
And listen to the ripples as they moan
I will walk alone by the black muddy river
And sing me a song of my own

Black muddy river
Roll on forever
I don't care how deep or wide
If you got another side
Roll muddy river
Roll muddy river
Black muddy river roll

When it seems like the night will last forever
And there's nothing left to do but count the years
When the strings of my heart start to sever
And stones fall from my eyes instead of tears

I will walk alone by the black muddy river
And dream me a dream of my own
I will walk alone by the black muddy river
And sing me a song of my own
And sing me a song of my own
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:16 PM
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7. HUM: Apollo

I'm thinking of a number between everything and two.
I'm thinking of a number between everything and two.

She said you can find a space between my arms if you will stay,
like if we ignore the systems,
they'll just blink out and quickly go away.

She said I'll keep all the signals that you send home to me,
and I'll meet you back here on the ground.
It's lift off, lift off again.
She's pissed off, pissed off again.

Moonlight brings me back again to stay,
and I know if she had a way I'd always be through.
Tethered to a glass ring she keeps beside the phone,
and never ever stepping out into.
Blankness and darkness, like underneath the leaf,
have settled on me here and scraped away the sound.

She said you can find a place inside my heart if you will stay,
and I need you back here on the ground.
It's lift off, lift off again.
She's pissed off, pissed off again.

Moonlight brings me back again to stay,
and I know if she had a way I'd always be through.
Tethered to a glass ring she keeps beside the phone,
and never ever stepping out into.

I'm thinking of a number between everything and two.

And moonlight brings me back again to stay,
and I know if she had a way I'd always be through.
Tethered to a glass ring she keeps beside the phone,
and never ever stepping out into.
And moonlight brings me back again this day,
and I don't feel a thing here anymore.
The strings of information slowing to a stop,
the tether's end is slipping from its knot, I'm stretching out in two.

I'm thinking of a number between everything and two.
I'm thinking of a number between everything and two,
and it's molecules of you.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:19 PM
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9. Feeling Good- Nina Simone
Birds flying high
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Reeds driftin' on by
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea
You know how I feel
River running free
You know how I feel
Blossom in the tree
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good

Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when the day is done
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me

Stars when you shine
You know how I feel
Scent of the pine
You know how I feel
Yeah freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me

And I'm feeling good
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:27 PM
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14. OMG
I love Nina Simone!!!
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catbert836 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:22 PM
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10. In My Life- The Beatles
Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 08:22 PM by catbert836
There are places I'll remember,
all my life though some have changed.
Some forever not for better,
some have gone and some remain.
All these places have their moments,
with lovers and friends I still can recall.
Some are dead and some are living,
in my life I've loved them all.

But of all these friends and lovers,
there is no one compares with you,
and these memories lose their meaning,
when I think of love as something new.
Though I know I'll never lose affection,
for people and things that went before.
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
in my life I love you more.

(Awesome keyboard solo)

Though I know I'll never lose affection,
for people and things that went before.
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
in my life I love you more.

In my life I love you more.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:23 PM
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11. Here's MrScorpio's theme song
Leon Haywood - I Wanna Do Something Freaky To You

I want'a do something freaky to you
Baby
Oh, baby
I want'a
Right now
Oh, baby

Your love is like a mountain
I'd love to slide down into your canyons
(Slide down)
In the valley of love
(In the valley of love)
I won't rest
(I won't rest)
Until I bring joy and happiness
(Ah)

I want'a do something freaky to you
Baby
(Something freakish to me)
Oh, baby
Oh
I want'a
(Something freakish to me)
Baby

All prepostitons of the Zodiac signs
I won't quit until I blow your mind
(Blow my mind)
Compatible am I
(Compatible am I)
I'll hit the spot
(Hit the spot)

In the name of love
Ooh, everything I've got
Ooh Ooh Ooh


Ow!

I want'a do something freaky to you
Baby
(Freakish to me)
Oh, baby

I don't want'a stop your image of me
But my style of love is totally free
(Free)
I'll put it where you want it
(Put it where you want it)
As long as you need it
(As long as you need it)
I'll make it good
Mm
And I won't mistreat it
(Ah)

I want'a do something freaky to you
Baby
(Something freakish to me)
Oh, baby
Oh
I want'a do something freakish to you right now
(Something freakish to me)
Oh, baby

Get a little freakish, baby
Get a little freakish, baby
(Ah)
Get a little freakish, baby
Get a little freakish, baby
(Oh)

All prepositions of the Zodiac signs
I won't quit, no
(Freakish to me)
Until I blow your mind
I'm compatible as ever
Ooh
I'll hit the spot
Oh, in the name of love
(Something freakish, baby)
In the name of love
In the name of love
In the name of love
In the name of love
Ooh, in the name of love
(Freakish, baby)


(Freakish, baby)
(Freakish, baby)
(Get a little freakish, baby)
Oh
Oh
Oh
Get a little freakish, baby
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:28 PM
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16. Uh - yeah
that would be you :toast:

:loveya:
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GeorgeBushytail Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:25 PM
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12. Dazed and Confused - Led Zep
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:26 PM
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13. I can't pick just one
I'm thinking...
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:27 PM
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15. Complete Control
the Clash :7
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:28 PM
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Union Thug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:31 PM
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18. Hey Hey, My My...
...

it's better to burn out, than it is to rust...

...

Lately, this Neil Young song has been nagging at me:

Save the planet for another day

Attention shoppers.

Buy with a conscience and save.

Save the planet for another day

Save Alaska!

Let the caribou stay.

Don't care what the governments say

They're all bought

and paid for anyway.

Save the planet for another day

Hey Big Oil!

What do you say?

We were runnin' through the night

Never knowin' if we would see the light

Paranoid schizophrenic visions

Livin in fear of the wrong decisions

We got to wake up

We got to keep goin'

If they follow us

There's no way of knowin'

We got a job to do

We got to save Mother Earth

Be the ocean when it meets the sky

You can make a difference.

If you really try.

Be the magic in the Northern lights

Six Days...

Six nights.

Be the river as it rolls along

It has three-eyed fish.

And it's smellin' strong.

Be the rain you remember fallin'

Be the rain.

Be the rain.

Yeah, rain was fallin' and we're soakin' wet

Hail is beatin' down on our heads

The wind is blowin' through our hair

Faces frozen in the frigid air

We got to get there

Alaska

We got to be there

Before the big machines

We got a job to do

We got to save Mother Earth

Dream the hunter on the western plain

The birds are all gone.

Where did they go?

Dream the fisherman in his boat

He's comin' home empty.

He's barely afloat.

Dream the logger in the great northwest

They're runnin' out of trees.

They got to give it a rest.

(There's no other way to cut it)

Dream the farmer in the old heartland

Corporate greed and chemicals

are killin' the land.

Next mornin' Sun was up at dawn

She looked around and Earth was gone

Dark visions he had last night

He needed peace, he needed light.

He heard the rumble and

He saw the big machines

The green army rose

It was a bad dream

He had a job to do

He had to save Mother Earth

Be the ocean when it meets the sky

Greek freighters are dumping

crap somewhere right now.

Be the magic in the northern lights

(The ice is melting!)

Be the river as it rolls along

Toxic waste dumpin'

from corporate farms.

Be the rain you remember fallin'

Be the rain.

Be the rain.

Save the Planet for another day

Be the rain.

Be the rain.

Be the river as it rolls along

Be the rain.

Be the rain.

Be the rain, be the rain





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Maple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:33 PM
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19. 'To dream
the impossible dream'

Man of La Mancha
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:45 PM
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20. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
I hate the world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

So take me as I am
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

Just when you think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:47 PM
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21. There's a reason I go by this song-I think it fits me
My time coming, any day, don't worry bout me, no
Been so long I felt this way, ain't in no hurry, no
Rainbows end down that highway where ocean breezes blow
My time coming, voices saying, they tell me where to go

Don't worry bout me, no no, don't worry bout me, no
And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go.

California, preaching on the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine

My time coming, anyday, don't worry bout me, no
It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so
Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin' slow
Still I know I lead the way, they tell me where I go

Don't worry bout me, no no, don't worry bout me, no
And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go

California, a prophet on the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine

You've all been asleep,
You would not believe me
Them voices telling me,
You will soon receive me
We're standing on the beach,
The sea will part before me
(Fire wheel burning in the air)
And you will follow me,
And we will ride to glory
(Way up the middle of the air)

And I'll call down thunder
And speak the same
And my word fills the sky with flame
And might and glory gonna be my name
And men gonna light my way

My time coming, anyday, don't worry bout me, no
It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so
Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin slow
My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no

Don't worry about me...
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:47 PM
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22. "Damage, Inc."- Metallica
Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 08:47 PM by Droopy
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mikehiggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:49 PM
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23. Crucifixtion Lane by Procol Harum
You'd better listen anybody, 'cos I'm gonna make it clear
that my life is unimportant; what I've done I did through fear
There's a river running through me: on its tide I tried to hide
nonetheless I could not shake it, and in the end it swept aside
all my feeble unimportance. I can't say it, never mind
Can't you hear me mother calling you? I'm cold, I'm deaf, I'm blind
And if only 'cos you're lucky, we both know that's no find
I did think I'd be an actor. What I am I'll leave behind
You'd better listen anybody, 'cos it's me and you --that's it
and in case you find your maker perhaps you'll plead for us a bit
All my sick is in my stomach, all my sweat is clearly fear
and if you could see inside me I don't think you'd have me here
Tell the helmsman veer to starboard, bring this ship around to port
and if the sea was not so salty I could sink instead of walk
And in case of passing strangers who are standing where I fell
tell the truth: you never knew me, and in truth it's just as well
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HuskiesHowls Donating Member (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:55 PM
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25. Tis the gift to be simple
Yes, its kind of a different type of song, but its one that means a lot to me:

Tis the gift to be simple,
'tis the gift to be free,
'tis the gift to come down
where we ought to be,
and when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gained
to bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed,
to turn, turn, will be our delight
till by turning, turning we come round right.

Words: Shaker song, eighteenth century
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rppper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 08:56 PM
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26. aenema by tool
Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 09:01 PM by rppper
at least it sums up how i've been feeling the past few years...see my sig line as well...

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this

Silly shit, stupid shit...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
put it down.
suck it down.
flush it down.

...other than this, it would probably be "still haven't found what i'm looking for" by U2......
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FarLeftRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:27 PM
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27. Wow!
I didn't expect this many responses... Thanks!
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derbstyron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:30 PM
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28. I Will Not Go Quietly. Don Henley.


Gonna Tear It Up.
Gonna Trash It Up.

I Will Not Go Quietly.
I Will Not Lie Down.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:33 PM
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29. My Way...
I want that song blasted at my funeral
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:37 PM
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31. "Existermos"
if anyone is familiar with Brazilian pop...

"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" The Police
"Easy For You to Say" Linda Ronstadt

These 2 albums were my exclusive companions while pregnant with my 2nd son. I knew something was up before he was born... I worked "magic" and KNEW what I was doing. "They" pressed me to institutionalize him. Babykins earns his Taschengeld at University correcting papers for his calculus prof these days.

However, the tune that truly describes the UNENDING PAIN I continue to experience on this earthly plane is Dinah Washington's rendition of "Stranger on This Earth."

Some fools don't know
what's right from wrong
but somehow
those folks "belong"
Me, I try for all I'm worth
but I still remain a stranger
on this earth...





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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:39 PM
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32. Losing My Religion, REM. not quite, but close enough.
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TrustingDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:41 PM
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34. LMR lyrics.
Life is bigger
It’s bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up
(chorus)
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don’t know if I can do it
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I haven’t said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
Every whisper
Of every waking hour i’m
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I’ve said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream
That was just a dream
(repeat chorus)
But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try?
That was just a dream
Just a dream, just a dream
Dream
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:41 PM
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33. The Thong Song
by Sisqo
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corksean Donating Member (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:45 PM
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35. "The men behind the wire"
Armoured cars and tanks and guns
Came to take away our sons
But every man must stand behind
The men behind the wire

Through the little streets of Belfast
In the dark of early morn
British soldiers came marauding
Wrecking little homes with scorn

Heedless of the crying children
Cragging fathers from their beds
Beating sons while helpless mothers
Watched the blood poor from their heads

Not for them a judge and jury
Nor indeed a trial at all
But being Irish means you´re guilty
So we´re guilty one and all

Round the world the truth will echo
Cromwell´s men are here again
England´s name again is sullied
In the eyes of honest men.

Proud we march behind our banner
Firm we´ll stand behind our men
We will have them free to help us
Build a nation once again

On the people step together
Proudly firmly on their way
Never fear never falter
Till the boys are home to stay
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porkrind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:52 PM
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36. Monster Magnet: "Space Lord"
I've been stuffed in your pocket for the last hundred days
When I don't get my bath I take it out on the slaves
So grease up your baby for the ball on the hill
Polish them rockets now, and swallow those pills
and sing... Space Lord Mother

Huh! Uh huh
There's a car in the field now in a column of flame
With two doors to choose but only one bears your name
You've been drinking my blood well I've been licking your wounds
I'll shave off the pitch now in the scope of your tune
You'll sing... Space Lord Mother

I left my throne a million miles away
I drink from your tit
I sing your blues every day
Now give me the strength
To split the world in two yeah
I ate all the rest and now I've gotta eat you
Well I sing

Built in my nightmares and using my name
You're stroking my cortex and you know I'm insane
I'm squeezed out in hump drive and drownin' in love
Encompass them all to a position above
Well I sing... Space Lord Mother

I left my throne a million miles away
I drink from your tit
I sing your blues every day
Now give me the strength
To split the world in two yeah
I ate all the rest and now I've gotta eat you
Well I sing... Space Lord Mother

I lost my soul when I fell to earth
My planets called me to the void of my birth
The time has come for me to kill this game
Now open wide and say my name
Space Lord Mother
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porkrind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:59 PM
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38. Alternate choice: "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that’s real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear my crown of shit
On my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stain of time
The feeling disappears
You are someone else
I am still right here
What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
You could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way
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NightTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 09:53 PM
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37. "The Monster Mash"
"Whatever happened to my Transylvanian Twist?!" :P
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:01 PM
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39. Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye

nt.
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LordshipLadyship Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:02 PM
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40. This, and my husband brought to me what I sought
Foreigner
I Want To Know What Love Is

I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older

Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
I through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder

In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me

I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me

In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
I can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
And I wanna feel, I want to feel what love is
And I know, I know you can show me

Let's talk about love
I wanna know what love is, the love that you feel inside
I want you to show me, and I'm feeling so much love
I wanna feel what love is, no, you just cannot hide
I know you can show me, yeah

I wanna know what love is, let's talk about love
I want you to show me, I wanna feel it too
I wanna feel what love is, I want to feel it too
And I know and I know, I know you can show me
Show me love is real, yeah
I wanna know what love is...



I :loveya: Lordship Edward

your Ladyship
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FarLeftRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:05 PM
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41. That song was my 2nd choice
Great pick... INDEED!
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LordshipLadyship Donating Member (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:16 PM
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45. thanks
Not only are the lyrics beautiful, the vocalist sings them from his soul. I like pretty much anything Foreigner has done.
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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:08 PM
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42. Closer Nine Inch Nails
Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 10:09 PM by Amaya
you let me violate you, you let me desecrate you
you let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you
help me I broke apart my insides, help me I’ve got no soul to sell
help me the only thing that works for me, help me get away from myself
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
you can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
you can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything
help me tear down my reason, help me its' your sex I can smell
help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else
I want to fuck you like an animal
I want to feel you from the inside
I want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god

through every forest, above the trees
within my stomach, scraped off my knees
I drink the honey inside your hive
you are the reason I stay alive

( Just kiddin' it's the song I'm listening to, tho.
Honestly, I have no song that truly defines my being, sorry )


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FarLeftRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:11 PM
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43. WWWhhhhaaaattttt???????
Okay.
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porkrind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:12 PM
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44. "Just kiddin'"
Good. I was starting to worry! :) :spank:
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Kimber Scott Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 10:19 PM
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46. The Eagles - "The Last Resort"

"The Last Resort"

She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way,
and how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide

Down in the crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can't wait to tell you all,
what it's like up there
And they called it paradise
I don't know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high

Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do

Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus,
people bought 'em
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

You can leave it all behind
and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is coming"
Brought the white man's burden down
Brought the white man's reign

Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here

We satisfy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and the name
of God

And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye

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