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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:25 PM
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Valentine's Day dysfunctional relationship song thread
Of course this has to start off with the best one of all time. Any song about relationship dysfunction, emotional or physical abuse will do, post 'em if you got em. :)

Self-Esteem by Offspring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZaliWszgGk

I wrote her off for the tenth time today
And practiced all the things I would say
When she came over
I lost my nerve
I took her BACK and made her dessert
Now I know I'm being used
That's okay man cause I like the abuse
I know she's playing with me
That's okay cause I've got no self esteem

Oh wayo, yeah, yeah
Ohhhhhhh, yeah, yeah (Repeat two times)

We make plans to go out at night
I wait till 2 then I turn out the light
this rejection’s got me so low
If she keeps it up I just might tell her so

When she's saying, all that she want's only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she saying, that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well I guess, I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care Right? Yeah!

Now I'll relate, this little bit
That happens more than I'd like to admit
Late at night, she knocks on my door
She's drunk again and, looking to score
Now I know, I should say no, but
That's kind of hard when she's ready to go
I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb
I'm just a sucker with no self esteem

When she's saying, all that she want's only me
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends
When she's saying, that I'm like a disease
Then I wonder how much more I can spend
Well I guess, I should stick up for myself
But I really think it's better this way
The more you suffer
The more it shows you really care Right? Yeah!


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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:17 PM
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1. This Is A Twisted Thread!
:shrug:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW7I9hIbSvI

a little Portishead

then a little dinna!

:hug:
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:29 PM
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2. yes.
someone needs to say they'd rather be single than all messed up in sickness with some twisted dude or dudette.

:rofl:

Eve - Love is blind
(not for the faint of heart, deals with domestic violence)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm3wsHstlAc
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 02:14 AM
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3. this place is all about dysfunction...
:kick:
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:02 PM
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14. yes
I have learned. And it isn't like you didn't warn me. :( :hi:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:15 PM
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20. good to see'ya, Hon...
:hi: :hi: :hi: :woohoo:
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:16 PM
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21. you too
I was just down at the end of the thread watching Hendrix play guitar with his teeth, lol

:loveya: :hi:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:29 PM
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26. oh my...
:blush: :rofl: :loveya:
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 12:31 AM
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70. Speaking of watching "Hendrix play guitar with his teeth",
Here's the flip side, "U Stink But I Luv U",
by Billy and the Boingers (aka Deathtongue)
Sung by Steve Dallas, Opus the Penguin, and Bill the Cat:

I hate the way you act, and i hate the way you smell.
I hate the way you look girl, cause you just look like hell
You make me sick - Way Oh, Way Oh, Way Oh,
You make me sick, you really stink girl

You make me sick - Way Oh, Way Oh, Way Oh,
You make me sick, but I love you.

I hate your polyester pant-suits, and your greasy hair.
And that stuff between your braces, and your hairy derierre.

You make me sick - Way Oh, Way Oh, Way Oh,
You make me sick, you really stink girl
You make me sick - Way Oh, Way Oh, Way Oh,
You make me sick, but I love you.

When I got you in my backseat, and I tried to make my move.
I had to roll down all the windows to keep my face from turning blue.

You make me sick - Way Oh, Way Oh, Way Oh,
You make me sick, you really stink girl
You make me sick - Way Oh, Way Oh, Way Oh,
You make me sick, but I love you.

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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 02:21 AM
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4. Good News Blues
Well, my woman left me and I'm so glad she did
You know, my old gal left me and I'm glad she took the kids
Now I've got less mouths to feed and more room to sleep in my bed
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:20 PM
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23. Here is a song I love called "I'm Not Lisa"
Jessi Colter used to sing it and your country lyrics reminded me of that. I don't know this artist but it's the only recording of this song on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Sflhljl0c

It's so sad. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 02:34 AM
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5. OK, Here's two:
To the tune of Barney's "Ilove you"

I hate you, you hate me
we're a dysfunctional family
With a great big slap and a hit from you to me
Now I am in therapy.


To the tune of Tammy Wynette's D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Your D-A-D-D-Y is drinking B-O-O-Z-E
So we'll just pack a B-A-G and S-P-L-I-T
We'll S-P-L-I-T tonight and R-U-N away
Your D-A-D-D-Y is just a big J-E-R-K.

We'll take his big C-A-D-I-double L-A-C,
And leave a N-O-T-E saying "Drop D-E-A-D."
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:26 PM
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25. An old country one: Thunder Rolls, by Garth Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHaWtEAeEFY

There is one out now with the theme of domestic violence but I have no idea what it is called...they are playing it a whole lot on alternative radio.
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 02:39 AM
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6. Okay...
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "People Ain't No Good"

People just ain't no good
I think that's well understood
You can see it everywhere you look
People just ain't no good

We were married under cherry trees
Under blossom we made our vows
All the blossoms come sailing down
Through the streets and through the playgrounds

The sun would stream on the sheets
Awoken by the morning bird
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers
And never read a single word

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good

Seasons came, Seasons went
The winter stripped the blossoms bare
A different tree now lines the streets
Shaking its fists in the air
The winter slammed us like a fist
The windows rattling in the gales
To which she drew the curtains
Made out of her wedding veils

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good at all

To our love send a dozen white lilies
To our love send a coffin of wood
To our love let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo
That people they just ain't no good
To our love send back all the letters
To our love a valentine of blood
To our love let all the jilted lovers cry
That people they just ain't no good

It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
They can comfort you, some even try
They nurse you when you're ill of health
They bury you when you go and die
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad
They'd stick by you if they could
But that's just bullshit
People just ain't no good

People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good
People they ain't no good at all
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:45 PM
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36. wow, that is really sad.
Sorry to inflict this on you but it was playing in the grocery store the other day when I was in there and it stuck in my head. In the same vein:

Honesty, by Billy Joel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwHQtYeoPs

If you search for tenderness
it isn't hard to find.
You can have the love you need to live.
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind.
It always seems to be so hard to give.

Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
Honesty is hardly ever heard.
And mostly what I need from you.

I can always find someone
to say they sympathize.
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve.
But I don't want some pretty face
to tell me pretty lies.
All I want is someone to believe.

Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
Honesty is hardly ever heard.
And mostly what I need from you.

I can find a lover.
I can find a friend.
I can have security until the bitter end.
Anyone can comfort me
with promises again.
I know, I know.

When I'm deep inside of me
don't be too concerned.
I won't as for nothin' while I'm gone.
But when I want sincerity
tell me where else can I turn.
Because you're the one I depend upon.

Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
Honesty is hardly ever heard.
And mostly what I need from you.

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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:04 PM
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45. Heh...
no need to apologise--although I will admit that Billy Joel isn't quite my sort of thing :)
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:11 PM
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50. mine either, I just got an earworm in the grocery the other day.
Something about him kind of annoys me. :shrug:
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 02:49 AM
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7. And another dysfunctional relationship song:
'Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry"
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:07 PM
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17. That one is excellent. Another great one: Joey, by Concrete Blonde
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIIlUHBNkEc

this has to be one of the best of all time.

Thanks for that Til Tuesday, that one always creeped me out. :hi:
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 03:07 AM
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8. It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 03:08 AM by Nicole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J93SFPizg1E

The Notorious Cherry Bombs

She used to call me baby
I thought she was such a lady
But my how things have changed since times moved on
I give her my last dollar
Now all she'll do is hollar
Oh my life has become a country song

I've learned she can't resist me
By the way she always disses me
And comes to bed at night with that cold cream on
Sometimes I might feel frisky
But these days its just too risky

It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long.
All day long
It goes on and on

If a tree fell in the forest
And she didn't hear it
Would I still be wrong

I guess I should admit it
She ain't never gonna quit it

It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long

(spoken)
Man I remember when her eyes used to be so blue and shiny
God you oughta see what's happened to her heiny
Her what?
Her heiny
Man that thing is big enough to land a small plane on
Small plane?

I used to roll her in the clover
But thank God those days are over

(sung)
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long
All day long
She goes on and on

(spoken)
If someday they drop the big one
I'd say, "Sweet Jesus she's gonna finally leave me alone"

(sung)
It's all right if we say it
Cuz the radio won't play it

It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long.

It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long.

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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:04 PM
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15. hysterical!
thank you!

:) :hi:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 03:09 AM
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9. no dysfunctional songs
but this song reminded me i need to bust out this cd soon
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 03:57 AM
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10. She's Acting Single And I'm Drinking Doubles
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

&

The joys of love will last a moment long
The pains of Love endure the whole life long.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:30 PM
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27. Here is the Kenny Rogers version of Ruby
There is a much older bluegrass version that I like a whole lot better. I'm not crazy about this one because it's not nearly as emotional, but I can't find anything else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYcqlEZxGQ
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 08:10 AM
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11. Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights
The entire album.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:49 PM
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38. Here is a live version of that song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1-qm5sGIPY

I'm not familiar with it so I'm not sure if it's a good rendition or not.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:14 AM
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12. I Used to Love Her, But I Had to Kill Her
n/t
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:42 PM
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34. seems like a rather common theme
There are three at the bottom of the thread like that

For some reason it also made me think of Nirvana's rendition of "Where did you sleep last night" by Leadbelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_4NohpLIJM
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:48 AM
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13. "#1 Crush" by Garbage
I would die for you
I would die for you
I've been dying just to feel you by my side
To know that you're mine

I will cry for you
I will cry for you
I will wash away your pain with all my tears
And drown your fear

I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
For someone like you

See your face every place that I walk in
Hear your voice every time I'm talking
You will believe in me
And I will never be ignored

I will burn in hell for you
Feel pain for you
I will twist a knife and bleed my aching heart
And tear it apart

I would lie for you
Beg and steal for you
I will crawl on hands and knees until you see
You're just like me

Violate all the love that I'm missing
Throw away all the pain that I'm living
You will believe in me
And I can never be ignored

I would die for you
I would kill for you
I will steal for you
end all time for you
I will wait for you
I'd make room for you
I'd sail ships for you
To be close to you
To be a part of you
'Cause I believe in you
I believe in you
I would die for you
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:34 PM
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29. Wow. Sounds serious. Here is "My Skin" by Natalie Merchant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXprAYLOh9A

I have no idea if this is original video or not because this song has been used in SO MANY fan vids...
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:07 PM
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16. From The Beatles
Well I'd rather see you dead, little girl
than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
or I won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl

Well I know that I'm a wicked guy
And I was born with a jealous mind
And I can't spend my whole life
trying just to make you toe the line

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl

Let this be a sermon
I mean everything I've said
Baby, I'm determined
And I'd rather see you dead

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl

I'd rather see you dead, little girl
than to be with another man
You better keep your head, little girl
of I won't know where I am

You better run for your life if you can, little girl
Hide your head in the sand little girl
Catch you with another man
That's the end'a little girl
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
Na, na, na
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:12 PM
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18. Ooh, that brings up "Hey Joe" by Hendrix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTmjPubaHY

Crap there's one by Neil Young like this too
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:14 PM
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19. and on the theme of the man killing the woman, "Down by the River" by CSNY
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 05:14 PM by idgiehkt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYZ50PjDTi8

Peace, love, and harmony. :)
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:19 PM
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22. It would have to be "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails
"I want to fuck you like an animal"

THat's love :eyes:
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:23 PM
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24. another NIN song "Head Like a Hole"
I only put it in here because an ex of mine used to sing the chorus to me...
"Head like a hole, black as your soul, I'd rather die than give you control."

Romantic, no? :loveya:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lzb-jYZrLE
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:31 PM
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28. That song isn't about love or relationships. It's about raw, primal sex.
Totally different thing. :D
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:37 PM
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30. NIN - "Ringfinger"
Well you've got me working so hard lately
Working my hands until they bleed
If I was twice the man I could be
I'd still be half of what you need

Still, you lead me and I follow
Anything you ask, you know I'll do
This one act of consecration
Is what I ask of you

Ringfinger
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me

Well you just leave me nailed here
Hanging like Jesus on this cross
And I'm just dying for your sins
And aiding to the cause

Ringfinger
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me

Wrap my eyes in bandages
Confessions I see through
I get everything I want
When I get part of you

Ringfinger
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Sever flesh and bone
And offer it to me

Ringfinger
A promise carved in stone
Deeper than the sea
Ringfinger
Devil's flesh and bone
Do something for me
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:40 PM
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32. Reminded me of "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman for some reason
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:39 PM
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31. what is that one that goes
"I like my hands around your neck/ I like your pants around your knees" or something like that?

It's probably by Oasis. :rofl:

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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 10:48 AM
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73. It's Nickelback (lyrics inside)
Figured You Out - Nickelback

I like your pants around your feet
I like the dirt that's on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you're looking up at me
You're like my favorite damn disease

And I love the places that we go
And I love the people that you know
And I love the way you can't say no
Too many long lines in a row
I love the powder on your nose

And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out

I like the freckles on your chest
And I like the way you like me best
And I like the way you're not impressed,
While you put me to the test
I like the white stains on your dress

And I love the way you pass the check
And I love the good times that you wreck
And I love your lack of self respect
While you're passed out on the deck
I love my hands around your neck

And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out

I like your pants around your feet
And I like the dirt that's on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you're looking up at me
You're like my favorite damn disease

And I hate the places that we go
And I hate the people that you know
And I hate the way you just say no
Too many long lines in a row
I hate the powder on your nose

And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 11:39 AM
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74. that definitely qualifies
:rofl:

thanks for posting it :hi:

Here is that one on cheating by Hinder

Lips of an Angel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtnf9EqijT0
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 09:05 AM
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71. Yes but the OP said 'dysfunctional'
and I've had relationships with people because the sex was amazing but outside of the sex there was absolutely nothing there. But you keep trying because the sex was so amazing even though that person annoys the shit out of you when you're not having his amazing sex.

That's dysfunctional
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:42 PM
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33. anything by Alanis Morissette
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 05:43 PM by antfarm
Songs for borderlines.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:48 PM
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37. All I remember is "You Oughta Know"
I like some of her later stuff better, but that is the song of hers that is most famous I think. My computer timeout just killed the only video I saw and I don't like it enough to search further, lol.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:54 PM
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41. That's a very good example.
Even her songs about happiness in relationships are scary. That "I love you wholly, absolutely, completely or I hate your guts and might cook your rabbit" vibe.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:02 PM
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44. It seemed like later on she got more spiritual
My favorite one of hers is that one where she is saying "Thank You" over and over again. The chorus starts out "Thank you, India"; I've never understood the reference to India but the rest of that song I can SO relate to because it always seem that things that seem like bad luck can really bring positive change into your life, and people who are actually conspiring to hurt you or do you damage can actually be doing you a huge favor in the long run (even though they may do serious damage to their own karma in the process, lol). I don't know if anyone has ever really captured the essence of that paradox in a song until she did it. It really doesn't belong in this thread, but I guess I'll post it anyway, and make it a special dedication to everyone who has brought about positive change in my life even though that was probably the last thing they actually intended.

thank you india
thank you terror
thank you disillusionment
thank you frailty
thank you consequence
thank you thank you silence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGvjJo5-6y0
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:04 PM
Response to Reply #44
46. That's nice.
I admit I don't know much of her later stuff. I was sort of alarmed by the relationship songs and never tried to listen to much more. But I like the general idea you are describing.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:10 PM
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49. It's strange because that song "you oughta know" is really
the only one like that I've heard her do. Most of her songs are much more deep and introspective. "One Hand in My Pocket" from that album is much more characteristic of her later work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLXULfN77TQ

This is my favorite song on that CD, overall. Deserves lyrics:

"Hand In My Pocket"

I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five
I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flicking a cigarette
And what it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign
I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chickenshit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
And what it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab


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unsavedtrash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:43 PM
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35. I Want You -- Elvis Costello
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 05:55 PM by unsavedtrash
There is a YouTube but the video is shots of various films set to his music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByM9Me4UMI8

I want you

Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell
I dont think I can live without you
And I know that I never will
Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death
I cant say anymore than I love you
Everything else is a waste of breath
I want you
Youve had your fun you dont get well no more
I want you
Your fingernails go dragging down the wall
Be careful darling you might fall
I want you
I woke up and one of us was crying
I want you
You said young man I do believe youre dying
I want you
If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days
You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways
I want you
Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget
I want you
Since when were you so generous and inarticulate
I want you
Its the stupid details that my heart is breaking for
Its the way your shoulders shake and what theyre shaking for
Its knowing that he knows you now after only guessing
I want you
Its the thought of him undressing you or you undressing
I want you
He tossed some tatty compliment your way
I want you
And you were fool enough to love it when he said
I want you
I want you
The truth cant hurt you its just like the dark
It scares you witless
But in time you see things clear and stark
I want you
Go on and hurt me then well let it drop
I want you
Im afraid I wont know where to stop
I want you
Im not ashamed to say I cried for you
I want you
I want to know the things you did that we do too
I want you
I want to hear he pleases you more than I do
I want you
I might as well be useless for all it means to you
I want you
Did you call his name out as he held you down
I want you
Oh no my darling not with that clown
I want you
Youve had your fun you dont get well no more
I want you
No-one who wants you could want you more
I want you
Every night when I go off to bed and when I wake up
I want you
I want you
Im going to say it once again til I instill it
I know Im going to feel this way until you kill it
I want you
I want you
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:51 PM
Response to Reply #35
39. it is one of my top five favorite Elvis C. songs
:thumbsup:
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:52 PM
Response to Reply #35
40. yep, you know, I think that is the scary kind of love
I don't really want to feel that way about someone, it sounds exhausting.

Here is a good one:

If it makes you happy - Sheryl Crow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzn8HbKlAzU
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 05:59 PM
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42. Damn. Wish I could stick around for this one tonight.
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:04 PM
Response to Reply #42
47. surely Lukas has something emo in his repertoire?
maybe I can find one on youtube later. :hi:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 08:09 PM
Response to Reply #47
62. Well, this is about his dysfunctional relationship with mom
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XOBxg3lPZQg

Headspin(Lukas Rossi)

All I want to say
is you’re the satellite in my life
You don’t have to lie
You don’t have to cry anymore

Lost inside your eyes
The vision never dies
Oh just take my hand
or float and never land

Then I hear you say
“Let’s live for the moment this time”
Then you want to keep me forever
Why don’t you just make up your mind

Chorus:

You make my head spin
You make my head spin
Why, why do you
You make my head spin
You make my head spin
Why, why

You love to build me up
just to tear me down
Wouldn’t it be nice
if we found paradise someday

Then I hear you say
“Let’s live for the moment this time”
Then you want to keep me forever
Why don’t you just make up your mind

Chorus:

Did I hear you say
you wanna be alone
Or was it a mistake
How would we ever know
I can’t hear you scream
You wanna be alone
I can’t hear you scream at me
scream at me

I’m not perfect
I’m not perfect
No, no, no
I’m not perfect
I’m not perfect

You make my head spin
You make my head spin
Why, why do you
You make my head spin
You make my head spin

Did I ever mean something
Did I ever mean something to you
Did I ever mean something
Did I ever mean something to you

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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:09 PM
Response to Reply #62
66. wow.
that is heavy. And true of a lot of relationships that I have had. :hi:
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Calliope Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:00 PM
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43. Unworthy of Your Love (Sung by John Hinckley and Squeaky Fromme in "Assassins"
Artist: Lyrics
Song: Unworthy of Your Love Lyrics

I am nothing,
You are wind and water and sky,
Jodie.
Tell me, Jodie,
How I can earn you love.
I would swim oceans,
I would move mountains,
I would do anything for you.
What do you want me to do?

I am unworthy of your love,
Jodie, Jodie,
Let me prove worthy of you love.
Tell me how I can earn your love,
Set me free.
How can I turn your love
To me?


I am nothing,
You are wind and devil and God,
Charlie,
Take my blood and my body
For your love.
Let me feel fire,
Let me drink poison,
Tell me to tear my heart in two,
If that's what you want me to do...

I am unworthy of you love,
Charlie darlin',
I have done nothing for your love.
Let me be worthy of your love,
Set me free-


I would come take you from you life...


I would some take you from your cell...


You would be queen to me, not wife...


I would crawl belly deep through hell...


Baby, I'd die for you...


Baby, I'd die for you...


Even though-


Even though-


I will always know:

I will always know:

I am unworthy of

I am unworthy of

Your love,

Your love,

Jodie darlin',

Charlie darlin',


Let me worthy of your love.
I'll find a way to earn your love,
Wait and see.
Then you will turn your love to me,
Your love to me...
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:06 PM
Response to Reply #43
48. okay, that totally freaked me out
Until I realized those are assumed names. They are, aren't they?

:rofl:

These songs are freaking me out. I haven't been 'in love' in over 6 years, and I don't know if I've ever been in the kind of "I'd die for you" kind of deal.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:14 PM
Response to Original message
51. Hmmmm, I Guess No One
responded to this thread? :shrug:


oh well


:rofl:

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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:17 PM
Response to Reply #51
52. sometimes it just takes a while
:rofl:

:hi:
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:29 PM
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53. Frankie and Johnny
Now there was a dysfunctional relationship.

Various madrigals by Don Carlo Gesualdo (who actually murdered his wife and her lover).
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:45 PM
Response to Reply #53
57. it rings a bell
but I don't remember more that the names... :shrug:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:42 PM
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54. I love that song!
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:45 PM
Response to Reply #54
58. amazing
kids that age could be self-aware and humble enough to write that... :rofl:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:43 PM
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55. mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm Crash Test Dummies
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:46 PM
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59. I can't
ever seem to get past the mmmmm mmmmmm's to listen to what it is about but it seems sad. :hi:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 08:26 PM
Response to Reply #59
64. I think that's the whole point of the song...very sad, because of things that
happen to people everyday in this world..and that we as a people have become desensitized to it, much as war veterans become desensitized to violent death.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:51 PM
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56. Sam Kinison does Elvis!! "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:48 PM
Response to Reply #56
60. I didn't know Sam Kinison
was dead. Wow. What is it about all these comedians always dying so young. Is there any such thing as an elderly comedian? I know Bob Hope lived a long time, but he wasn't funny.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:08 PM
Response to Reply #60
65. He died in a car accident in '92, just a few days
after he had gotten married. Here's the wikipedia entry for him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kinison
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:50 PM
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61. Ben Folds Five Song for The Dumped
1,2,3,4
So you wanted
to take a break
slow it down some and
have some space
well fuck you too

Give me my money back
give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
And don't forget
And don't forget
to give me back my black T-shirt

I wish I hadn't bought you dinner
right before you
dumped me on your front porch

Give me my money back
give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
And don't forget
And don't forget
to give me back my black T-shirt
hey, hey

So you wanted
to take a break
slow it down some and
have some space

Give me my money back
give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
And don't forget
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 08:10 PM
Response to Reply #61
63. there always is some token possession that you
want back, isn't there, lol?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:10 PM
Response to Reply #63
67. Hey, a great black T-Shirt is hard to find...
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:21 PM
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68. Two songs but....
...you get to go there and click on them... I know the girl this material was written about, she is NOT the one you want to bring home to meet the family. 2nd warning: I am sure Mr. Wikipedia would list these guys under vulgar and bawdy but funnier than hell...(think Tenacious D with potty mouth)

http://www.myspace.com/whocares

The song playing is Mexican Americans...listen in if you wish but it is off topic for this thread, click on "Madonna" first then click on "Keep it Clean"

(definitely not for those easily offended)

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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 10:57 PM
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69. Yeah! Oh Yeah! - Magnetic Fields
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 10:59 PM by Strawman
Are you out of love with me?
Are you longing to be free?
Do I drive you up a tree?

Yeah! Oh, Yeah!

Do I drive you up the wall?
Do you dread every phone call?
Can you not stand me at all?
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
Though I need you more than air
is it true you just don't care?
Are you having an affair?
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!

When we met I thought money was everything
so I let you buy the house, the car, the ring
but I can't take your perpetual whining
and you can't sing

I thought if we lived apart
we could make a brand-new start
Do you want to break my heart?
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!

I've enjoyed making you miserable for years
found peace of mind in playing on your fears
How I loved to catch your gold and silver tears
but now my dear
What a dark and dreary life
Are you reaching for a knife?
Could you really kill your wife?
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
Oh, I die, I die, I die!
So it's over, you and I
Was my whole life just a lie?
Yeah! Oh, Yeah!
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 09:44 AM
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72. Here are a few...
"Half of Everything" - Lloyd Cole
"Why'd Ya Do It" Marianne Faithfull
"You're Breaking My Heart" Harry Nilsson
"Sick of Food" American Music Club
Pretty much anything by the Afghan Whigs!
"Lie to Me" Chris Isaak
"Just Came Back" Colin James
"I Don't Know Why I Love You" House of Love
"No Chump Love Sucker" Red Hot Chili Peppers
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idgiehkt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 11:43 AM
Response to Reply #72
75. this is hot
No Chump Love Sucker live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPUb9o_RV6Y

hot hot hot!
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gbate Donating Member (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-16-07 05:09 PM
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76. Whatever by Godsmack. Lyrics inside.
And I wonder day to day
I don't like you anyway
I don't need your shit today
You're pathetic in your own way

I feel for you
(better fuckin go away)
I will behave
Better fuckin go away
I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did

I don't need to fantasize
You are my pet all the time
I don't mind if you go blind
You get what you get
Until you through with my life

I feel for you
(better fuckin go away)
I will behave
You better go away

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away

I'm doing the best I ever did
(go away)
I'm doing the best that I can
(go away)

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away!

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

I'm doing the best I ever did
(go away)
I'm doing the best that I can
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