Lyrics with meaning

[infinite monkey]

Carry On
--Fun

Well I woke up to the sound of silence
The cars were cutting like knives in a fist fight
And I found you with a bottle of wine
Your head in the curtains
And heart like the fourth of July

You swore and said
We are not
We are not shining stars
This I know
I never said we are

Though I've never been through hell like that
I've closed enough windows
To know you can never look back

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Carry on, carry on

So I met up with some friends
At the edge of the night
At a bar off 75
And we talked and talked
About how our parents will die
All our neighbours and wives

But I like to think
I can cheat it all
To make up for the times I've been cheated on
And it's nice to know
When I was left for dead
I was found and now I don't roam these streets
I am not the ghost you want of me

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Woah
My head is on fire
But my legs are fine
Cause after all they are mine
Lay your clothes down on the floor
Close the door
Hold the phone
Show me how
No one's ever gonna stop us now

Cause we are
We are shining stars
We are invincible
We are who we are
On our darkest day
When we're miles away
So we'll come
We will find our way home

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on

Carry on, carry on

[chrismorries]

Wow.. that's pretty damned good.

[Ocean's Edge]

Give A Little Bit
Roger Hodgson

Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
Give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my love to you

There's so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care

I'll give a little bit
I'll give a little bit of my life for you
So give a little bit
Give a little bit of your time to me

See the man with the lonely eyes
Take his hand, you'll be surprised

Give a little bit
Give a little bit of your love to me
I'll give a little bit of my life for you

Nows the time that we need to share
So find yourself, we're on our way back home

Going home, don't you need to feel at home?
Oh yeah, we gotta sing

[infinite monkey]

I Like Beer

In some of my songs I have casually mentioned
The fact that I like to drink beer
This little song is more to the point
Roll out the barrel and lend me your ears

(chorus)
I like beer. it makes me a jolly good fellow
I like beer. it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow (makes him feel mellow)
Whiskey’s too rough, champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gear
This little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I like beer
(he likes beer)

My wife often frowns when we’re out on the town
And I’m wearing a suit and a tie
She’s sipping vermouth and she thinks I’m uncouth
When I yell as the waiter goes by

(chorus)

Last night I dreamed that I passed from the scene
And I went to a place so sublime
Aw, the water was clear and tasted like beer
Then they turned it all into wine (awww)

I like beer. it makes me a jolly good fellow
I like beer. it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow (makes him feel mellow)
Whiskey’s too rough, champagne costs too much, and vodka puts my mouth in gear
Aw, this little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I love beer
(yes, he likes beer)

--Tom T Hall

[infinite monkey]

i need your arms around me, i need to feel your touch
i need your understanding, i need your love so much
you tell me that you love me so, you tell me that you care
but when i need you baby, you're never there


on the phone long, long distance
always through such strong resistance
first you say you're too busy
i wonder if you even miss me


never there
you're never there
you're never, ever, ever, ever there


a golden bird that flies away, a candle's fickle flame
to think i held you yesterday, your love was just a game
a golden bird that flies away, a candle's fickle flame
to think i held you yesterday, your love was just a game

you tell me that you love me so, you tell me that you care
but when i need you baby
take the time to get to know me
if you want me why can't you just show me
we're always on this roller coaster
if you want me why can't you get closer?


never there
you're never there
you're never ever ever ever there

--Cake

[infinite monkey]

ONLY A FOOL WOULD SAY THAT
(Becker / Fagen)
Steely Dan


A world become one
Of salads and sun
Only a fool would say that
A boy with a plan
A natural man
Wearing a white stetson hat
Unhand that gun begone
There's no one to fire upon
If he's holding it high
He's telling a lie

CHORUS:
I heard it was you
Talkin' 'bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn't be
And only a fool would say that

The man in the street
Draggin' his feet
Don't wanna hear the bad news
Imagine your face
There in his place
Standing inside his brown shoes
You do his nine to five
Drag yourself home half alive
And there on the screen
A man with a dream

I heard it was you
Talkin' 'bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn't be
And only a fool would say that

Anybody on the street
Has murder in his eyes
You feel no pain
And you're younger
Than you realize

Only a fool would say that

[Griff]

Try out your voice.
Big D and the Kids Table


I was talking to a young man at a party in these war days
And he asked me my thoughts
I talked about peace, fighting for the people,
he scowled then walked away
Told me my views are fucked


We screamed, we cried, the message has amplified
But they won't hear the people's voice
We scream, we cry, the message has amplified
But they won't hear the people's voice
Come on suits it's time to show us something
You know it's time for better days
Come on suits it's time to show us something
Just get your hearts out front, and prove your something

Remember being proud, remember feeling loved,
remember when leaders gave sacrifice
I believe all men don't have a price
Truth in the state of the union address
Truth in this political process
I should not have to sing for this


We screamed, we cried, the message has amplified
But they won't hear the people's voice
We scream, we cry, the message has amplified
But they won't hear the people's voice
Come on suits it's time to show us something
You know it's time for better days
Come on suits it's time to show us something
Just get your hearts out front, and prove your something
Try out your voice, now use it, now use it, we are the people
Try out your voice, now use it, now use it, we are the people
Try out your voice, now use it, now use it, we are the people
Try out your voice, try out your voice, just try out your voice
Now use it, now use it, we are the people

[limegreenc]

"Get Lucky"
(feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers)


Like the legend of the phoenix
All ends with beginnings
What keeps the planet spinning (uh)
The force of love beginning

(Look)

We've come too far to give up who we are
So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars

She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some
She's up all night for good fun
I'm up all night to get lucky

We're up all night 'til the sun
We're up all night to get some
We're up all night for good fun
We're up all night to get lucky

We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky

The present has no ribbon
Your gift keeps on giving,
What is this I'm feeling?
If you wanna leave I'm ready (ah)

We've come too far to give up who we are
So let's raise the bar and our cups to the stars

She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some
She's up all night for good fun
I'm up all night to get lucky

We're up all night 'til the sun
We're up all night to get some
We're up all night for good fun
We're up all night to get lucky

We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky

(We're up all night to get
We're up all night to get
We're up all night to get
We're up all night to get)

(We're up all night to get (together)
We're up all night to get (let's get funked again)
We're up all night to get funky
We're up all night to get lucky)

(We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky)

(We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky)

We've (we're up all night to get lucky)
Come too far (we're up all night to get lucky)
To give up (we're up all night to get lucky)
Who we are (we're up all night to get lucky)
So let's (we're up all night to get lucky)
Raise the bar (we're up all night to get lucky)
And our cups (we're up all night to get lucky)
To the stars (we're up all night to get lucky)

She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some
She's up all night for good fun
I'm up all night to get lucky

We're up all night 'til the sun
We're up all night to get some
We're up all night for good fun
We're up all night to get lucky

We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky

We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky
We're up all night to get lucky


I've been singing this as 'Mexican Stars'

[Sundae]

For some reason I had lines from songs about London stuck in my head.

When I'm working earlies I have the radio on low to help me sleep.
I go to bed 2-3 hours before the 'rents, but I daren't wear my earplugs, in case I sleep through my 05.00 alarm.

So it's quite possible a London montage seeped into my brain.

Anyway.
Baker Street, fine.
London Calling, fine.
Waterloo Sunset, double fine.
Even Lily Allen's LDN (my favourite of her songs) fine.
And okay, some random ones which would never have been on the radio, mostly by Carter USM: 24 Minutes to Tulse Hill; Only Living Boy in New Cross; The Taking of Peckham et al.

And then.
And then.

What crops up in my long buried reptile mind?
Streets of London.
I've always found it poignant.
But I had to go and listen to it again.
Found a YouTube vid which made me cry til I had sore scoured eyeballs.

Because most of the images they used weren't recent.
They were the people I saw on the streets of Waterloo where I spent school holidays. Men older than Grandad was at the time, who must have fought in WWII.
Bare feet and blankets. Passed out in the afternoon sunlight because it was too cold to sleep at night. Maybe alkies, but yay or nay they were probably damaged.

Nanny wouldn't give them a penny. She said she only respected people who worked for a living. Her interpretation of the Gospel of St Matthew was that we always gave money to buskers and pavement artists. I'm not criticising her for that. You cannot give money to everyone you meet. Or food, unless you really can make bread and fishes stretch from Tower Bridge to Westminster.

It just hurt seeing familiar things with older eyes.
I couldn't have helped them then and can not now.
But looking back I was oblivious.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Undertoad]

Sundae I would pay you to listen to Tales From Turnpike House. Even if you decided that you hated it.

[Sundae]

How much you give me?

Of course I'll listen.
And report back.
Even if I hate it, although I hope I won't.

[Undertoad]

Like £5 or so

If you prefer, you can pick it up from J, who will be in London from Saturday - Monday. (I'm so jelly... that I don't even mind using the term jelly)

[Gravdigr]

Whisky Hangover by Godsmack

So what if I never wanna be sober?
So what if I wanna be numb all the time? Yeah
I can't justify why I'd wanna go slower (knowing)
Taking my time just ain't my style, yeah

I'll walk dead or alive
I'll waste my time whenever I like
I'm feeling O.K. with my whiskey hangover

So what if you cleaned your act up so far?
So what if I'm pissin' into the wind, again?
Have you ever thought that I'm not who you are (baby)?
'Cause even when I lose, I know how to win gain and again and again and again...

So sick of you preaching all the time
Just keep your shitty advice inside

'Cause I'll walk dead or alive
I'll waste my time whenever I like
I'm feeling O.K. with my whiskey hangover
Oh yeah yeah, 'cause I'll walk dead or alive
I'll waste my time whenever I like
I'm feeling O.K. with my whiskey hangover
Oh yeah!

Oh yeah!
Let's go...

One sip ain't gonna do shit
On the second sip, I begin to admit
That the third one down is what makes me feel alright, yeah

And number four, I slam down to the floor
By five, I'm ready to fight all night
And then six, seven, eight to make me break your face sometimes!

'Cause I'll walk dead or alive
I'll waste my time whenever I like
I'm feeling O.K. with my whiskey hangover
Oh yeah yeah, 'cause I'll walk dead or alive
I'll waste my time whenever I like
I'm feeling O.K. with my whiskey hangover

I don't usually have a hangover. Hardly ever.

[Gravdigr]

She look good when she wake up in the morning
Even better than she did last night
And when she smiles at me and kisses my cheek
I'm thinking Lord I must be living right
I ain't about to say I ain't lucky
But some might say I'm a fool
The chances are I'm doing fine so far
'Cause her mama even thinks I'm cool

She gets me high as a Georgia pine
Wild as a muscadine vine
Hotter than the deep south summer time
Yeah and everybody knows she's mine

Well it might be a couple kind of like her
But rest assured brother this one's mine
I'll be right there in her back pocket
She got my name tattooed where the sun don't shine
Saw you looking when she walked with me
I don't blame you she's a hell of a girl, now
I know how you feel it ain't no big deal
I'm the luckiest man in the world

from 'Everybody Knows She's Mine' by Blackberry Smoke

[Undertoad]

The more I learn, the less I know
Could you make mine straight Absolut?
The more I fail the less I try
Ask not of me the reason why

I have always loved Lloyd Cole, who at this point in time is pretty rare. This particular trick is my favourite in his catalogue. In the second line of the song ("Sentimental Fool") he breaks the wall for one single line and talks to his bartender. Yeah and by using a brand name he makes it very personal and real, which is another trick. Stephen King does that in his books.

The song has a devastatingly heartbreaking theme.

The woman I love is not content
The life I made, it ain't what I meant
The space I'm in is filled with love
The state I'm in is pitiful
...
But when she calls my name
I'm almost happy, she's almost like you
Yeah when she calls my name
We're almost there, man, she's almost like you
She's almost like you

I've never been in that position. "I'm almost happy, she's almost like you." What a devastating lyric.