Play a song about you

[Inchworm]

Any genre

____________________

I am shattered

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th47siid6_k

Shattered, shattered
Love and hope and sex and dreams
Are still surviving on the street
Look at me, Im in tatters!
Im a shattered
Shattered

Friends are so alarming
My lovers never charming
Lifes just a cocktail party on the street
Big apple
People dressed in plastic bags
Directing traffic
Some kind of fashion
Shattered

Laughter, joy, and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex
Look at me, Im in tatters
Im a shattered
Shattered

All this chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter bout
Shmatta, shmatta, shmatta -- I cant give it away on 7th avenue
This towns been wearing tatters (shattered, shattered)
Work and work for love and sex
Aint you hungry for success, success, success, success
Does it matter? (shattered) does it matter?
Im shattered.
Shattered

Ahhh, look at me, Im a shattered
Im a shattered
Look at me- Im a shattered, yeah

Pride and joy and greed and sex
Thats what makes our town the best
Pride and joy and dirty dreams and still surviving on the street
And look at me, Im in tatters, yeah
Ive been battered, what does it matter
Does it matter, uh-huh
Does it matter, uh-huh, Im a shattered

Dont you know the crime rate is going up, up, up, up, up
To live in this town you must be tough, tough, tough, tough, tough!
You got rats on the west side
Bed bugs uptown
What a mess this towns in tatters Ive been shattered
My brains been battered, splattered all over manhattan

Uh-huh, this towns full of money grabbers
Go ahead, bite the big apple, dont mind the maggots, huh
Shadoobie, my brains been battered
My friends they come around they
Flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter, flatter
Pile it up, pile it high on the platter
________________

:cry:

[DarkTirade]

1. ... okay, not really about me. But it works. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyl0j3WU6Y

[Inchworm]

5. theres a goal

grow mah hair til it touches my outstretched fingers :D

:hi:

[DarkTirade]

8. That ain't too hard.

Fingers are at the end of arms, and arms can read the head. :P

[Ptah]

2. Sing, sing, sing

http://youtube.com/watch?v=if7W2YGpEuk

[Inchworm]

10. makes me want to dance

inside.

:thumbsup:

[RainDog]

3. The Ramones -I wanna be sedated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc

[Inchworm]

12. Just put me in a wheelchair

get me to the show.

Hurry!

Weeeee!!!!!!

:hi:

[lizziegrace]

4. Skylark - "Wildflower"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q


She's faced the hardest times,
You could imagine
And many times,
Her eyes fought back the tears
And when her youthful world,
Was about to fall in
Each time her slender shoulders,
Bore the weight of all her fears
And a sorrow no one hears
Still rings in midnight silence
In her ears

Let her cry,
For she's a lady
Let her dream
For she's a child
Let the rain,
Fall down upon her
She's a free and gentle flower
Growing wild

And if by chance,
I should hold her
Let me hold her for a time
But if allowed just one possession
I would pick her from the garden,
To be mine

Be careful how you touch her,
For she'll awaken
And sleep's the only freedom,
That she knows
And when you walk into her eyes,
You won't believe
The way she's always payin'
For a debt she never owes
And a silent wind still blows
That only she can hear
And so, she goes

Let her cry,
For she's a lady
Let her dream,
For she's a child
Let the rain
Fall down upon her
She's a free and gentle flower
Growing wild

Let her cry,
For she's a lady
Let her dream,
For she's a child
Let the rain
Fall down upon her
She's a free and gentle flower
Growing wild

She's a flower
Growing wild

She's free.......

[Inchworm]

13. Thanks

I'm not doin lyrics tonight. But.. these I know too well...

:hug:

[rockymountaindem]

6. But there's no song called "I'm tired of being misled by my professors"

:(

[DarkTirade]

9. Well write one then.

And failing that, come up with some lyrics and lemme know, I'll see if I can whip something up. :P

[ForrestGump]

14. I'm visualizing a blues song,

along the lines of "I'm A Man" or Elvis' "Trouble":


(ba ba ba ba-duh)
They told me I'd get a job
(ba ba ba ba-duh)
But here I am, out of work and a slob
(ba ba ba ba-duh)
I'm telling ya, I was robbed
(ba ba ba ba-duh)
Four years of student loans and I feel a worthless blob
My prof's a putz
Oh, Lord, yeah, he's full of crap
If I only had one wish right now
It'd be to get myself an axe and chop him up...

And so on.

[rockymountaindem]

15. How about

"Asks for one thing then says he wants another woooooooooahh,
Examples he gives aren't applicable, gives unclear marks
This course has really jumped the shark.
Endless movies of marginal relevance,
Classmates who don't care
As soon as I sit down I wanna get out of there"

[DarkTirade]

22. Hmm... the second to last line needs an extra syllable or two.

Maybe 'Classmates who just don't care' or 'Classmates who don't even care'

[rockymountaindem]

26. This is too hard

I'm going to subcontract this to someone from the arts and music department. I'll let you know when they get back to me.

[DarkTirade]

27. I can write the music.

I just suck at lyrics.

[Inchworm]

25. nighterz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5t5GukrWOU

:yourock:

[ForrestGump]

7. It has a four-minute preamble that applies, too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXdcaHljL4s

[Inchworm]

17. Lean back in amazement

At the wonders of love's duration...

no thank you.

:P

PS: cool thinking song :)

[darkstar]

11. Hmmm.

DU self
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpjfLMavw5U

Real Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWMIXgCaJPQ

[Inchworm]

19. I litened to both all the way thru

The fluffy clouds one had cool lyrics but the yahoo and other commy sites won't let me cut and paste.

:thumbsup:

They dint use these in your link.. but..

Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes.
Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis.
Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of delusion.
Shall we go, you and I while we can
Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

Mirror shatters in formless reflections of matter.
Glass hand dissolving to ice petal flowers revolving.
Lady in velvet recedes in the nights of good-bye.
Shall we go, you and I while we can
Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds?

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Okay...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qae_TUTeGo

[Inchworm]

20. wax on

that is definetly an enchanting song.

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

23. And I am clearly the best around.

[stuntcat]

18. Is That All There Is?

(I can't find a good video for it :()
anyway it's by Peggy Lee.. and it's MY SONG
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lTpFUT-lxls&NR=1

I remember, when I was a little girl, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
And I stood there, shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire? Is that all there is?"
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
And when I was 12 years old, my daddy took me to a circus.. the greatest show on earth.
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears,
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And as I sat there, watching
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a circus? Is that all there is?"
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.
And then I fell in love.. with the most wonderful boy in the world!
We'd take long walks down by the river, or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes, we were so very much in love..
And then one day he went away..
and I thought I'd die.. but I didn't..
and when I didn't, I said to myself "Is that all there is to love? Is that all there is?"
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep..
... oh I know what you must be saying to yourselves- "If that's the way she feels about it, why doesn't she just end it all?"
But oh, no, not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment,
cause I know, just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
that when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my last breath, I'll be saying to myself
Is that all there is?
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is?

:)

[Inchworm]

21. I truly thank you for this one

...then let's keep dancing

:loveya:

[stuntcat]

55. there's something sweet about it

it's kinda uplifting, I swear :loveya: :party:

[darkstar]

29. Wow...the eternal optimist

Great song. Life does feel that way at times.

[stuntcat]

54. you know it ;)

I'm trying to laugh at the world instead of cry :)

[Inchworm]

24. Going to bed, but ..here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwg3kd3LMEE

I know it will stop. I'm just waiting.

:hug::loveya::hug:

[abq e streeter]

28. Tonight I'll be on that hill, cause I can't stop

I'll be on that hill with everything I got, where lives are on the line, where dreams are found and lost. I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost, for wanting things that can only be found...in the darkness on the edge of town.........And also: I done my best to live the right way, I get up every morning and go to work each day. But your eyes go blind and your blood runs cold, sometimes I feel so weak I just wanna explode... explode and tear this whole town apart, take a knife and cut this pain from my heart.................. from Promised Land, and Darkness on the Edge of Town by the # 1 E Streeter, Bruce Springsteen. Too much of a low-tech doofus to know how to include a link to these songs, but these lines of Bruce's resonate deep in my soul and make me proud to be a part of E Street Nation...

[Inchworm]

39. Good ones

:thumbsup:

Promised Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymBGsrCzqiQ

Darkness on the Edge of Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl-yrk0UC3U

[Mr. Blonde]

30. Unfortunately

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pd-Z1zjlf8g

Video is a bit dumb imo.

Halloweenhead - Ryan Adams

Here comes that shit again
I got a Halloween head
Head full of tricks and treats
It leads me through the nighttime streets
Black cats and fallen trees
Under ladders - always walkin’
Salt shaker spills - just throw it over your shoulder, babe

I got a bad idea again
I got a Halloween head
Halloween head

Head full of candy bags
costume shops and punks in drag
Head full of tricks and treats
Places where junkies meet
And it leads me through the streets at night
That’s alright I just watch, I don't go inside
It's all the same old shit again
I got a Halloween head
I got a Halloween head
Lord, I got a Halloween head

Guitar solo!

I got a Halloween head
Lord, I got a Halloween head
I got a Halloween head
Oh, Lord, I got a Halloween head

Here comes that shit again
I got a Halloween head
Head full of tricks and treats
It leads me through the nighttime streets
Down-town, down-town, down-town

I got a Halloween head
I got a Halloween head
Lord, I got a Halloween head
What the fuck's wrong with me?
God, I’m a Halloween head

[Inchworm]

40. This song made me smile

! got a bad idea again
I got a halloween head

I needed a good smile this morning :P

:hi:

[Forkboy]

31. Well that's easy.

Lard -Forkboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QrOoXD3KfQ&feature=related

[Inchworm]

41. I knew this

Hehe

:hi:

[Bennyboy]

32. Freaker By The Speaker!

Keller Williams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAI3QgssxKA&feature=related

[Inchworm]

42. I love his picking!

He didnt have to say anything :)

:hi:
____________________

Human dreidel spinning around
How do you not dizzy out and fall down
Is that what happens when you feel the sound
But if that was me I would be on the ground
I would not get up
I would dance on my back
Throw my legs up in the air like I don't care
And wave them from side to side
Then I'd bust into a windmill
Then right into a back spin
*freeker right by the speaker
Never seem to get enough
Priceless expression when space is possession
Like yeah, that's the stuff
Electronic stereophonic
Coming from the left and the right
It's good in the day
I like it that way
But it's perfectly normal at night
Rave girl with a lollipop binky
And a face full of metal
Her eyes as wide as a truck
And somebody just floored the pedal
Her mental clearance is high
But the overpass is low
She ducks her head
And holds on tight
When she gets through she lets go
'cause she's a tweeker
*chorus
Yellow shirt bouncers gather in the corner
Feels like the room just got a little warmer
Pointing at you what up with that
But don't worry, yo, I got your back
But one of them dudes is as big as the both of us
Big 'ole arms, big as a schoolbus
Looks like he could snap us in two
I ain't got no gun, so I think we should run
I don't know about you
Spinning around
How do you not dizzy out and fall down
Ahhh, that's what happens when you feel the sound
But if that was me I would be on the ground
I would not get up
I would dance on my back
Throw my legs up in the air like I don't care
And wave them from side to side
Then I'd bust into a windmill
And right into a back spin

[nomorenomore08]

33. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Some Candy Talking"

I may have never done heroin (they swear it's not about that, though...), but I can certainly relate to the sense of longing in this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZX9pfb-IgM

"I'm going down to the place tonight
To see if I can get a taste tonight
A taste of something warm and sweet
That shivers your bones and rises to your heat

I'm going down to the place tonight
The damp and hungry place tonight
Should all the stars shine in the sky
They couldn't outshine your sparkling eyes
But it's so hard to be the one
To touch and tease and to do it all for fun
But it's too much for a young heart to take
Cause hearts are the easiest things you could break

And I talk to the filth and I walk to the door
I'm knee deep in myself
But I want to get more of that stuff
Of that stuff

Some candy talking
Talk

And I want
And I want
Some candy talking

Some candy talk

I love the way she's walking
I love the way she's talking
It's just the way she's walking
It's just the way she's talking

And I need
All that stuff
Give me some
Of that stuff
I want your candy. I want your candy
And I need
Give me some
Of your stuff
Give me some
I want your candy. I want your candy.
I want your candy. I want your candy.
I want stuff"

[Inchworm]

43. I agree

in the longing aspect. I listened first and didnt think addiction til after.

*sigh*

[Connonym]

34. Familiar with the Church of the SubGenius?

yes, tis I, the one, the only, Connie Dobbs http://youtube.com/watch?v=3235yPHyw1M

[Inchworm]

44. How relaxing

and perdy.

:hi:

[DFW]

35. This one is sort of outdated, but.........

The "woman left me for another man" happened when I was 20, and I since found
the one who would never do that, but this is still my song:

Stephen Bishop's "On and On"


Down in Jamaica
They got lots of pretty women
Steal your money
Then they break your heart
Lonesome Sue, she's in love with ol' Sam
Take him from the fire into the frying pan

On and on
She just keeps on trying
And she smiles when she feels like crying
On and on, on and on, on and on

Poor ol' Jimmy
Sits alone in the moonlight
Saw his woman kiss another man
So he takes a ladder
Steals the stars from the sky
Puts on Sinatra and starts to cry

On and on
He just keeps on trying
And he smiles when he feels like crying
On and on, on and on, on and on

When the first time is the last time
It can make you feel so bad
But if you know it, show it
Hold on tight
Don't let her say goodnight

Got the sun on my shoulders
And my toes in the sand
My woman's left me for the some other man
Aw, but I don't care
I'll just dream and stay tan
Toss up my heart to see where it lands

On and on
I just keep on trying
And I smile when I feel like dying
On and on, on and on, on and on

On and on, on and on, on and on
On and on, on and on, on and on

[Inchworm]

45. OMG...

I remember listening to this alone in the attic fort we built :P

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pB3hrnRFbm8

:hi:

[DFW]

53. That's the one! I still love that song.

[Rhiannon12866]

36. Well, that's a no-brainer, for me, LOL.

Rhiannon: Stevie Nicks

Rhiannon rings like a bell thru the night
And wouldn't you love to love her
She rules her life like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover...


All your life you've never seen
A woman--taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win...


She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark--
And when the sky is starless--


All your life you've never seen--
A woman--taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven
Will you ever win...


Dreams unwind.
Love's a state of mind.

[Inchworm]

47. Her voice sends me to a place

It is warm and cold, alternating.

Piano Version.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VDf-dUQLW3o

:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

59. Me, too! She's long been a favorite of mine, nobody else like her... And thank you!

Silly me, don't know why I didn't think of that... Well, it was late and I hadn't gotten much sleep, got whatever is going around...:hangover:

This is my other favorite of hers, though there's not much she does that I don't love. I play my Best of Fleetwood Mac CD over and over in my car...:hi:

Sara :loveya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IVCtdQke-w

[RebelOne]

37. Strange Kind of Woman by Deep Purple

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCI8sy4eI4Y

[Inchworm]

48. A classic

There once was a woman
A strange kind of woman
The kind that gets written down in history

:thumbsup:

[hobbit709]

38. A classic from the Byrds

Oh I'd rather go and journey where the diamond crest is flowing and
Run across the valley beneath the sacred mountain and
Wander through the forest
Where the trees have leaves of prisms and break the light in colors
That no one knows the names of

And when it's time I'll go and wait beside a legendary fountain
Till I see your form reflected in it's clear and jewelled waters
And if you think I'm ready
You may lead me to the chasm where the rivers of our vision
Flow into one another

I will want to die beneath the white cascading waters
She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic
And then she'll know the things I learned
That really have no value in the end she will surely know
I wasn't born to follow

[Inchworm]

49. Tell it, Tell it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha1tJ1VT6mk

A great one.

:hippie:

[distantearlywarning]

46. Working Them Angels - Rush

Driving away to the east and into the past
History recedes in my rear view mirror
Carried away on a wave of music down a desert road

Memory humming at the heart of a factory town

All my life
I've been workin' them angels
Riding and driving and living so close to the edge
Workin' them angels, workin' them angels
Workin' them angels overtime.

Riding through the Range of Light to the wounded city
Filling my spirit with the wildest wish to fly
Taking the high road
Taking that high road to the wounded city

Memory strumming at the heart of a moving picture

All this time
I've been workin' them angels overtime
Riding and diving and flying
just over the edge.
Workin' them angels, workin' them angels
Workin' them angels overtime.

Driving down the razor's edge 'tween the past and the future
Turn up the music and smile
Get carried away on the songs and stories of vanished times

Memory drumming at the heart of an English winter
Memories beating at the heart of an African village

[Inchworm]

50. Why does Rush make me want to fire one up?

hehe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UnlVW4yggU

:hi:

[distantearlywarning]

56. Hey, thanks for providing the link!

:hi:

[philosophie_en_rose]

51. Let's Dance to Joy Division

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyCi4CMD29w

Let's dance to Joy Division
And celebrate the irony
Everything is going wrong
But we're so happy

[stuntcat]

57. I'm getting that song

:headbang: (even though they look like they're half my age :()

[WinkyDink]

52. Tom Paxton: "Last Thing on My Mind"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voqL5ksOuoo

[guitar man]

58. Hehe, this was written just for me :)

and it's so true ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLxNbEuOO20


Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait to look in the mirror
cause I get better loking each day.
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man.
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
but I'm doing the best that I can.

I used to have a girlfriend
but she just couldn't compete
with all of these love starved women
who keep clamoring at my feet.
Well I prob'ly could find me another
but I guess they're all in awe of me.
Who cares, I never get lonesome
cause I treasure my own company.

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way,
I can't wait to look in the mirror
cause I get better looking each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man.
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
but I'm doing the best that I can.

I guess you could say I'm a loner,
a cowboy outlaw tough and proud.
I could have lots of friends if I want to
but then I wouldn't stand out from the crowd.
Some folks say that I'm egotistical.
Hell, I don't even know what that means.
I guess it has something to do with the way that I
fill out my skin tight blue jeans.

Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
when you're perfect in every way,
I can't wait to look in the mirror
cause I get better looking each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man.
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
but I'm doing the best that I can.


:hi:

:hide:

:yoiks:

[My Good Babushka]

60. low down

She's a crooked sheriff in a real straight town
She openend the door, shake shake shake the lights go down
Clover honey and the Jimson Weed
Red leather skirt way up above her knees
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

She's a gone lost dirt road
There ain't no way back I been told
Well she's a story they all tell
She's a rebel, she's a yell
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown

White heat in a cold rain
I'm a mergin here in your mergin lane
Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al

The second hand moon's shining for my gal
She's a big red flag in a mean bullpen
She'll steal it from you, sell it right back to you again
Well, she's a wild rose, she's not settled
Cold gun of ice blue metal,
Oh, my baby's lowdown

White heat in a cold rain
I'm a mergin here in your mergin lane
Jockey La Fayette, Big Eyed Al

She's a cheap motel with a burned out sign
She'll take care of you definitely every time
She got a stolen check book and legs up to there
Singing into a hairbrush, right in front of the mirror
Oh yeah, my baby's lowdown