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Spudman said:
Seriously...it should be a song by a known artist and not a novelty remake.
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Hey... I said I didn't know all the rules. I'll pass then until ALL the rules get posted.

Y'all should play one of my games... I give prizes!
 
In my dream my love was lost, I lived by luck and faith
I carried you inside of me, prayed it wouldn't be too late
Now I'm standin' on this empty road, where nothin' moves but the wind

Oh once I was your treasure, and I saw your face in every star
But these promises we make at night, oh that's all they are
Unless we fill them with faith and love, empty as a howlin' wind

You came to me with lovin' kindness
But all my life I was a prisoner of my own blindness
I met you with indifference, and I don't know why

Now I awake from my dream, I awake from my dream to this world
Where all is shadow and darkness, and under me a dark sky unfurls
An' all the love I've thrown away and lost, I'm longing for again
 
I'm taking a guess but would that be in your arms? I think it's either by mark bousard or bruce springsteen I cant remember
 
pes_laul said:
I'm taking a guess but would that be in your arms? I think it's either by mark bousard or bruce springsteen I cant remember
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Close enough on both counts:
Back In Your Arms Again - Springsteen + ESB

Next!
 
May as well sneak one in here during the lulll...
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All my friends are married
Every Tom and Dick and Harry
You must be strong if you're to go it alone
Here's to the bachelors and the Bowery bums
Those who feel that they're the ones that are better off without a wife

It's how I got sleeping 'til the crack of noon
Midnight howling at the moon
Going out when I want to
Comin' home when I please
Don't have to ask permission
I want to go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the key

I never been no Valentino
But I had a girl who lived in Reno
Left me for a trumpet player but it didn't get me down
He was wanted for assault
Though he said it weren't his fault
Y'know the coppers rode him right out of town

It's how I got sleeping 'til the crack of noon
Midnight howling at the moon
Going out when I want to
Comin' home when I please
Don't have to ask permission
I want to go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the key

They say I'm kinda selfish about my privacy
Well as long as I can be with me we get along so well I can't even believe it
Love to chew the fat with folks
I'll be listening to all your dirty jokes
I'm so thankful for these friends I do receive

It's how I got sleeping 'til the crack of noon
Midnight howling at the moon
Going out when I want to
Comin' home when I please
Don't have to ask permission
I want to go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the key

Hey I got this girl I know
She been married several times
I don't want to end up like her
She been married so many times she got rice marks all over her face
Yeah, you know the kind
 
SuperSwede said:
Better off without a wife - Tom Waits!
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Well done SuperSwede, and in fantastic time as well. For those of you who know, on the "Nighthawks at the Diner" album from which this song is from, the song is preceded by a lengthy and hilarious ad-lib type story by Waits about his lonely social life. I was thinking of including those lyrics as well, but I haven't got all day!

You're up Swede...
 
Yeah "Nighthawks at the Diner" is a fantastic album!


"
We're heading for Venus and still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all
With so many light years to go and things to be found
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so. "
 
May I jump in..

"Went downtown to look for a job
had no training no experience to speak of
and I looked at the holes in my jeans
and I turned and headed back..."
 
a lil' late on the getup but here goes

Time after time
I sit and i wait
for your call
I know I'm a fool but what can I say
whate ever the price I'll pay
For you, sweet madame blue


Once long ago
one word from your lips and the world turned around
But somehow you've changed
your so far away
I long for the past and dream of the days
with you madame blue
 
Ok, have at it..


I used to hold her
I'm never let her down
When she needed me
I was always around

But hey, that's all over now

I was really wrong
Now she's really gone

When temptation found me
Wicked water had its way (?)
Day turned into night
Night turned into day

And then I read my fortune
In the bottom of a glass
It said, "She's leavin' you."
"You've had your last chance!"

I'm warning you, brother
Take my advice
Love your woman
Morning, noon, and night
 
Ok... this thread has been idle for a bit, so I'm going to throw a new song out.

They do it on camber sands
They do it at Waikiki
Lazing about the beach all day
At night the crickets creepy
Squinting faces at the sky
A Harold Robbins paperback
Surfers drop their boards and dry
And everybody wants a hat

Chorus:
But behind the Chalet
My holiday's complete
And I feel like William Tell
Maid Marion on her tiptoed feet
****** ******* **** *** *****

Shrinking in the sea so cold
Topless ladies look away
A he-man in a sunken shower
Shelters from the rain
You wish you had a motor boat
To pose around the harbor bar
And when the sun goes out to bed
You hook it up behind the car

Chorus:

Two fat ladies window shop
Something for the mantlepiece
In for bingo all the nines
A panda for sweet little niece
The coach drivers stand about
Looking at a local map
About the boy he's gone away
Down to the next door's caravan

Chorus:

fin:
 
Ok, here's one:


Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war
Fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese

:)
 
sunvalleylaw said:
Ok, here's one:


Through sixty-six and seven they fought the Congo war
Fingers on their triggers, knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living and to help out the Congolese

:)
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