Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
K.T. Tunstall




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two, three, four

(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

well my heart knows me better than i know myself
so i'm gonna let it do all the talking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
i came across a place in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

i fell in fear, upon my back
i said don't look back, just keep on walking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
when the big black horse that looked this way,
said hey lady, will you marry me?
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but i said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo)

and my heart had a problem, in the early hours,
so it stopped it dead for a beat or two.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
but i cut some cord, and i shouldn't have done that,
and it won't forgive me after all these years
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

so i sent her to a place in the middle of nowhere
with a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
now it won't come back , cause it's oh so happy
and now i've got a hole for the world to see
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

but it said no, no, no,no-no-no
i said no, no, you're not the one for me
no, no, no,no-no-no
said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo) (not the one for me, yeah)
(ooooo,woo-hoo)
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me
said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
you're not the one for me


big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause they've all forsken me
big black horse and a cherry tree
i can't quite get there cause they've all forsken me



~Shears

Like To Get To Know You
Spanky And Our Gang




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But I'd like to get to know you (Yes I would)
But I'd like to get to know you (If I could)
But I'd like to get to know you

Finally I've found
Searching all around
Just was not the answer
One I thought was true
Looked a bit like you
I figured I'd might chance her

But I'd like to get to know you (Yes I would)
But I'd like to get to know you (If I could)
But I'd like to get to know you

Hardly need to say
She went on her way
Said it was all over
Well it's been some time
And I guess that I'm just meant to be a
Rover

But I'd like to get to know you (Yes I would)
Yes I'd like to get to know you (If I could)

Well I can't promise that I'll spend a day with you
I can't promise that I'll find a way with you
I can't promise
No, I can't promise that I'll love you

But I'd like to get to know you (Yes I would)
Yes I'd like to get to know you (If I could)
I'd like to get to know you, know you, know
I'd like to get to know you, know you, know
I'd like to get to know you, know you, know
Yes I'd like to get to know you, know you, know



~Shears

Long Long Long
Beatles




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It's been long long long time
How could I ever have lost you
When I loved you

It look a long long long time
Now I'm so happy I found you
How I love you

So many tears I was searching
So many tears I was wasting
oh, oh

Now I can see you be you
How can I ever misplace you
How I want you
Oh, I love you
you know that I need you
Ooh, I love you



~Shears

Oh! Darling
Robin Gibb




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Oh! darling, please believe me
I'll never do you no harm
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm

Oh! Darling, if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I tell you, ooo
Don't ever leave me alone

When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me
you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and died

Oh! Darling if you leave me
I'll never make it alone
Believe me when I tell you
I'll never do you no harm
(Believe me darling)

When you told me
You didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried
When you told me
you didn't need me anymore
Well you know I nearly broke down and died

Oh! Darling, please believe me
I'll never let you down
Oh, believe me darling
Believe me when I tell you, ooo
I'll never do you no harm



~Shears

Hurt By Love
The BoDeans




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Boy I've seen some better days
and my Old Man would always say to me
In your lifetime, I pray you never feel
This broken I got in me
And all those wishing stars
Hang out, where you are
Won't save me
Chorus:
And anyone can be Hurt By Love
Anyone can see their heart strings come undone
You take the strong ones or weak ones just the same
When it comes down to love, sometimes it comes down to pain
And boy this crazy World of fear
Well, it just ain't worth the price of wasted years
Glimpse that golden dream and let it, fade-away
No, I can't pretend today
And I stumble in and out
This confidence and doubt
Now all I really know
Is anyone can be......
(REPEAT CHORUS)
(REPEAT LAST VERSE)
(REPEAT CHORUS)



~Shears

Warmth Of The Sun
The Beach Boys




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What good is the dawn
That grows into day
The sunset at night
Or living this way

For I have the warmth of the sun
(Warmth of the sun)
Within me at night
(Within me at night)

The love of my life
She left me one day
I cried when she said
"I don't feel the same way"

Still I have the warmth of the sun
(Warmth of the sun)
Within me tonight
(Within me tonight)

I'll dream of her arms
And though they're not real
It's like she's still there
The way that I feel

I loved like the warmth of the sun
(Warmth of the sun)
It won't ever die
(It won't ever die)



~Shears

Green Eyed Lady
Sugarloaf




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Greeen Eyed Lady, lovely lady
Strolling slowly towards the sun

Green eyed lady ocean lady
Soothing every raging wave that comes

Green eyed lady, passion's lady
dressed in love she lives for life to be

Green eyed lady feels like I never see
Setting suns and lonely lovers free

(Organ solo)
(long instrumental break)

Green eyed lady, windswept lady
moves the night the waves the sand

Green eyed lady ocean lady
child of nature, friend of man

Green eyed lady passions lady
dressed in love she lives for life to be

Green eyed lady feels like I never see
Setting sons and lonely lovers free




~Shears

What a mix! I got through the first 15 pages and had to stop, so my apologies if any of the following are re-posts!

Ohio
Neil Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Faster
Manic Street Preachers


I hate purity. Hate goodness. I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone corrupt.

I am an architect, they call me a butcher
I am a pioneer, they call me primitive
I am purity, they call me perverted
Holding you but I only miss these things when they leave

I am idiot drug hive, the virgin, the tattered and the torn
Life is for the cold made warm and they are just lizards
Self-disgust is self-obsession honey and I do as I please
A morality obedient, only to the cleansed repented

I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer
I spat out Plath and Pinter
I am all the things that you regret
A truth that washes that learnt how to spell

The first time you see yourself naked you cry
Soft skin now acne, foul breath, so broken
He loves me truly this mute solitude I'm draining
I know I believe in nothing but it is my nothing

Sleep can't hide the thoughts splitting through my mind
Shadows aren't clean, false mirrors too many people awake
If you stand up like a nail then you will be knocked down
I've been too honest with myself I should have lied like everybody else

I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer
I spat out Plath and Pinter
I am all the things that you regret
A truth that washes that learnt how to spell, learnt to spell

So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything
So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything
So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything
So damn easy to cave in, man kills everything

Not really very similar to some of the other music here.

These guys are a Palestinian rap group - all of their songs are in Hebrew or Arabic and all are an amazing insight into what it's like to be a young person living in the Palestine territories. Even if you don't like American rap, it's worth a listen and a perusal of the lyrics.

You can download some of their songs from their web-site Linked Here.

Born Here - by D.A.M.

English Translation

TAMER NAFAR:

This is a hunting season the prey is one more home
Of a dove trying to survive under the hawk’s regime
(*page ripped*) lets try something more optimistic:
each day I wake up and see like a 1000 cops
maybe they came to arrest a dealer…(he’s ever here, over here, oh no
they came to destroy his neighbor’s home)
what is happening here? A hate bubble surrounding the ghetto
why is it hard for him? And who’s going to answer him? Anywhere
I go, excuses are there to greet me
I broke the law? No no the law broke me
enough, enough (enough, enough) gentlemen (gentlemen)
I was born here, my grandparents were also born here, you will not sever me
From my roots (you will not sever me from my roots) understand, even if
I have faith in this “if you wish it is not a legend” regime
You still haven’t allowed me to build a porch to stand on and express it

CHORUS

ABIR EL’ZINATI:

Our neighborhood is embarrassed
Not dressed in a silk dress
(DAM – if the fear will continue to live in our hearts)
a bride without a veil
standing, waiting, longing for her beauty
(DAM – the expulsion is knocking on our doors)
the time has passed over her, forgotten her
(DAM – that is why)
the separation wall has muted her hope
like a bird that will break out of the cage
she will spread out her wings and fly
(DAM – we will shout without fear)

MAHMUD GRIRI:

Here I build my home and here you have destroyed my home
And if this is not legal what about yours, my cousin?!.
I’m trying to build a home and what is build for me is found
In – do re mi or will be found in a place with lots
Of people with promises that will be the light at the end of the tunnel
but that is just a bulldozer or another train running over
(* a train siren*) no no in this song there is no censorship
there is a sewerage, railway track, call it architecture
and add to it white pepper
and what will be sneezed from it is a loaded gun
and – all the things I’ve said have been given a voice and –
there are the people who stand in line that –
they have difficulty in their smile and a smile in the difficulty
and as long as this difficulty is within us know that this is a rope too
tangled, “this is not racism, this is Zionism”
enough this is not ignorance this is fortification in ignorance

CHORUS

ABIR EL’ZINATI:

our neighborhood is embarrassed…

c-part:
our eyes watch as our children seeking
a future that in it “the sky are the limit”
a slogan that has been covered with the ruins dust
but’ the light hasn’t been turned off yet

SUHELL NAFAR:

a destroyed house and in the garden 8 railway tracks
and in the day at least 200 trains pass
and behind the ruins, a separation wall
that should be between the house and the railroad tracks
but it is built between Snir and Nir Tzvi
and the municipality says that everything there is illegal
so, just one second, one second
what with all the legal neighborhoods that has
health care centers – surrounded with sewerage
kindergarten – surrounded with sewerage
for that there is no excuse it’s just that the city didn’t care for the Arabs
because the government has a wish:
maximum Jews – on maximum land
minimum Arabs – on minimum land
this house didn’t get approved by the law
and you will not erase!

My Mother's Eyes
The Mills Brothers




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One bright and guiding light,
That taught me wrong from right,
I found in my mother's eyes.
Those baby tales she told,
That road all paved in gold,
I found in my mother's eyes.



Just like a wandering sparrow,
One lonely soul.
I walked the straight and narrow,
To reach my goal.
God's gift sent from above,
A real unselfish love,
I found in my mother's eyes.

When I'm all alone, no one around me,
I find the future dark as can be.
Sorrows I have known, always surround me,
Then through the shadows, I always see.

One bright and guiding light,
That taught me wrong from right,
I found in my mother's eyes.
Those baby tales she told,
That road all paved in gold,
I found in my mother's eyes.

Just like a wandering sparrow,
One lonely soul.
I walked the straight and narrow,
To reach my goal.
God's gift sent from above,
A real unselfish love,
I found in my mother's eye

~

Your Mother Should Know
Beatles




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Let's all get up and dance to a song
that was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know
Your mother should know

Sing it again
Let's all get up and dance to a song
that was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know
Your mother should know

Lift up your hearts and sing me a song
that was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
Your mother should know

Da da da da da da da da da
da da da da da da da da da da da
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
Your mother should know
Your mother should know




~Shears

Wolverton Mountain
Claude King




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They say don't go on Wolverton Mountain,
if you're looking for a wife.
'Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty
young daughter,
he's mighty handy with a gun and a knife.

Her tender lips are sweeter than honey
And Wolverton Mountain protects her there.
The bears and birds tell Clifton Clowers
If a stranger should wander there.

All of my dreams are on Wolverton Mountain.
I want his daughter for my wife.
I'll take my chances and climb that mountain
Though Clilfton Clowers, he may take my life

Her tender lips ....

I'm going up on Wolverton Mountain,
It's too lonely downhere below.
It's just not right to hide his dayghter
From the one who loves her so.

Her tender lips ...

But I don't care about Clifton Clowers,
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain,
I'm gonna take the girl I love.
I don't care about Clifton Clowers,
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain,
I'm gonna take the girl I love.

(repeat to fade)



~Shears

Drive
The Cars




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Who's gonna tell you when,
It's too late,
Who's gonna tell you things,
Aren't so great.

You cant go on, thinkin',
Nothings' wrong, but bye,
Who's gonna drive you home,
tonight.?

Who's gonna pick you up,
When You fall?
Who's gonna hang it up,
When you call?

Who's gonna pay attention,
To your dreams?
And who's gonna plug their ears,
When you scream?

You can't go on, thinkin'
Nothings wrong, but bye,
(who's gonna drive you)
(who's gonna drive you)
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight?
(who's gonna drive you home)

(bye baby)
(bye baby)
(bye baby)
(bye baby)

Who's gonna hold you down,
When you shake?
Who's gonna come around,
When you break?

You can't go on, thinkin',
Nothin's wrong, but bye,
(Who's gonna drive you)
(who's gonna drive you)
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight?
(who's gonna drive you home)

Oh, you know you can't go on, thinkin',
Nothin's wrong,
(Who's gonna drive you)
(Who's gonna drive you home)
Who's gonna drive you home, tonight?

(bye baby)
(bye baby)
(bye baby)



~Shears

I'll Get You
Beatles




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Oh yeah, oh yeah,
oh yeah, oh yeah,
Imagine I'm in love with you
it's easy 'cause I know
I've imagined I'm in love with you
many, many, many times before
It's not like me to pretend
But I'll get you
I'll get you in the end
Yes, I will, I'll get you in the end

Oh yeah, oh yeah
I think about you night and day
I need you and it's true
When I think about you I can say
I'm never, never, never, never blue
So I'm telling you, my friend
That I'll get you
I'll get you in the end
Yes, I will, I'll get you in the end

Oh yeah
Well, there's gonna be a time
When I'm gonna change your mind
So you might as well resign yourself to me


Oh yeah,
Imagine I'm in love with you
it's easy 'cause I know
I've imagined I'm in love with you
many, many, many times before
It's not like me to pretend
But I'll get you
I'll get you in the end
Yes, I will, I'll get you in the end
Oh yeah, oh yeah
oh yeah oh yeah
oh yeah



~Shears

Rock With You
Michael Jackson




Listen to the entire song:
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1st verse
Girl, close your eyes
Let that rhythm get into you
Dont try to fight it
There aint nothin that you can do
Relax your mind
Lay back and groove with mine
You got to feel the heat
And we can ride the boogie
Share that beat of love
Chorus
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Were gonna rock the night away

2nd verse
Out on the floor
There aint nobody there but us
Girl, when you dance
Theres a magic that must be love
Just take it slow
cause we got so far to go
When you feel that heat
And were gonna ride the boogie
Share that beat of love

Chorus
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Were gonna rock the night away

Bridge
And when the groove is dead and gone (yeah)
You know that love survives
So we can rock forever, on
Refrain
I wanna rock with you
I wanna groove with you
I wanna rock with you
I wanna groove with you

Chorus
I wanna rock (all night) with you girl (sunlight)
Rock with you, rock with you girl (yeah)
(all night)
Dance the night away

Chorus
I wanna rock with you (yeah) (all night)
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock with you (all night)
Rock the night away
Feel the heat feel the beat
Rock you into day (sunlight)
I wanna rock - rock the night away



~Shears

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Frank Sinatra




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In the wee small hours of the morning
While the whole wide world is fast asleep
You lie awake and think about the girl
And never ever think of counting sheep

When your lonely heart has learned its lesson
You'd be hers if only she would call
In the wee small hours of the morning
That's the time you miss her most of all

When your lonely heart has learned its lesson
You'd be hers if only she would call
In the wee small hours of the morning
That's the time you miss her most of all



~Shears

Dawning Is The Day
Moody Blues




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Rise, let us see you,
Dawning is the day,
Miss, misty meadow,
You will find your way,
Wake up in the morning to yourself and leave this crazy life behind you.
Listen, were trying to find you.

Flow to the sea,
You know where to go,
Still we are free,
No one tells the wind which way to blow.
Wake up in the morning to yourself,
Open your eyes and start to be you.
Listen, we think we can see you.
Baby theres no price upon your head,
Sing it, shout it.
Now the angry words have all been said.
Do it, dont doubt it.

So rise, let us see you,
Dawning is the day,
Miss, misty meadow,
You will find your way,
Wake up in the morning to yourself, open your head and look around you.
Listen, we think we have found you.

Blow Me Up
Heath Whitelock




Listen to the entire song:
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Blow me up, out of proportion, blow me up, larger than life
Cash me in; I’ve got enough starvation to sell my soul for a day in the sun.

In a generation of novelties, the sea of mediocrity deepens, widens
As my days grow shorter, my depression gets longer.

Blow me up, out of proportion, blow me up, larger than life
Cash me in; I’ve got enough starvation to sell my soul for a day in the sun.

The war of art, the art of war imitate each other
Quietly inspired, I stay on the fringes, hoping the great exploiter can’t find me.

Blow me up, out of proportion, blow me up, larger than life
Cash me in; I’ve got enough starvation to sell my soul for a day in the sun.

Blow me up, out of proportion, blow me up, larger than life
Catch me in the garden of salvation to sell my soul for a day in the sun.

Hoping the “Great Exploiter” cannot find me
Oh the Great Exploiter….don’t…find me

Over the hill at 16, played the last card
An aging hipster in a synthetic warfare
My pulse is a time-code for the only synchronicity the only synchronicity
The exhibitionism of youth, the hard-working youth
Keep them in the wheel, keep them in the wheel until the
Undertow takes them to their burn-out.
The Undertow, Take them to there burn out

Blow me up, out of proportion, blow me up, larger than life
Catch me in the garden of salvation to sell my soul for a day in the sun.





~Shears

You Don't Know Me
Ray Charles




Listen to the entire song:
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You give your hand to me
And then you say, "Hello."
And I can hardly speak,
My heart is beating so.
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well.
Well, you don't know me.
(no you don't know me)

No you don't know the one
Who dreams of you each night;
And longs to kiss your lips
And longs to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend.
That's all I've ever been.
Cause you don't know me.
(no you don't know me)

For I never knew the art of making love,
Though my heart aches with love for you.
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by.
A chance that you might love me too.
(love me too)

You give your hand to me,
And then you say, "Goodbye."
I watched you walk away,
Beside the lucky guy
I know you'll never ever know
The one who loved you so.
Well, you don't know me

(But I never knew the art of making love, )
(Though my heart aches with love for you. )
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by.
A chance that you might love me too.
(love me too)

Oh, you give your hand to me,
And then you say, "Goodbye."
I watched you walk away,
Beside the lucky guy
Oh, you'll never ever know
The one who loved you so.
No, you don't know me
(you don't love me, you don't know me)




~Shears

Say A Little Prayer For You
Diana Krall




Listen to the entire song:
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Say a little prayer for you,
Say a little prayer for you

From the moment mi wake up
Before mi put on mi make up
Mi say a little prayer for you

While combing mi hair now
Mi a wonder what dress me wear now
Mi say a little prayer for you

Forever and ever
You’ll stay in my heart and I’ll love you
Forever and ever
We never will part how I’ll love you
Together together
That’s how it should be
Without you would only be heartbreak for me

Mi run for the bus love
Mi ride and mi think about us love
Mi say a little prayer for you

At work mi just take time
And all through mi coffee break time
Mi say a little prayer for you

Forever and ever
You’ll stay in my heart and I’ll love you
Forever and ever
We never will part and I’ll love you
Together together
That’s how it should be
Without you would only be heartbreak for me

Say a little prayer for you, mi a go say
A little prayer for you

My darling believe me, for me
There is no one but you,
Say you’ll love me too.

Forever and ever
You’ll stay in my heart and I’ll love you
Forever and ever
We never will part and I’ll love you
Together together
That’s how it should be.....
Forever and ever
You’ll stay in my heart and I’ll love you
Forever and ever
We never will part and I’ll love you
Together together
That’s how it should be without you
Would only be heartbreak for me




~Shears

Blow Me Up
Heath Whitelock

I knew you'd have problem gettin' it off ya once ya got it onya !

It's still Bob Dylan's birthday here on the left coast.
Happy Birthday, Bob, and many, many happy returns!
Thanks for the great music and the endless stream of quotes that pop into my head.

Masters of War

Stuck Inside of Mobile

Forever Young

Lay Lady Lay

Dirty World

Everybody Knows
Dixie Chicks




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Everybody Knows"

Tell me now if you came sneaking up behind
Would you know me and see behind the smile
I can change like colors on a wall
Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all
I think I hide it all so well

Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can't erase from my life
Everybody knows
Standing out so you won't forget my name
That's the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows



Looking through the crowd
I search for something else
But every time I turn around
I run into myself
Here I stand
Consumed with my surroundings
Just another day
Of everybody looking
I swore they'd never see me cry
You'll never see me cry

Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can't erase from my life
Everybody knows
Standing out so you won't forget my name
That's the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows



You say I'll pay the price
That's the chance that I'll take
Though you may think I'm telling lies
But I just call it getting by

Stepping out, everyone can see my face
All the things I can't erase from my life
Everybody knows

Standing out so you won't forget my name
That's the way we play this game of life
Everybody knows I am just barely getting by

~

Silent House
Dixie Chicks




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Silent House"

These walls have eyes
Rows of photographs
And faces like mine
Who do we become
Without knowing where
We started from

It's true I'm missing you
As I stand alone in your room

Everyday that will pass you by
Every name that you won't recall
Everything that you made by hand
Everything that you know by heart




And I will try to connect
All the pieces you left
I will carry it on
And let you forget
And I'll remember the years
When your mind was clear
How the laughter and life
Filled up this silent house

One room
Two single beds
In the closet hangs
Your favorite dress
The books that you read
Are in scattered piles
Of paper shreds



Everything that you made by hand
Everything that you know by heart

And I will try to connect
All the pieces you left
I will carry it on
And let you forget
And I'll remember the years
When your mind was clear
How the laughter and life
Filled up this silent house
Silent house

In the garden off the living room
A chill fills the air
And the lilies bloom

And I will try to connect
All the pieces you left
I will carry it on
And let you forget
And I'll remember the years
When your mind was clear
How the laughter and life
Filled up this

And I will try to connect
All the pieces you left
I will carry it on
And let you forget
And I'll remember the years
When your mind was clear
How the laughter and life
Filled up this silent house

Silent house



~Shears

Walk On By
Dionne Warwick




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Walk On By"

f you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by

Make believe
that you don't see the tears
Just let me grieve
in private 'cause each time I see you
I break down and cry
And walk on by (don't stop)
And walk on by (don't stop)
And walk on by
I just can't get over losing you
And so if I seem broken and blue
Walk on by, walk on by

Foolish pride
Is all that I have left
So let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye
Walk on by
and walk on by
and walk by (don't stop)

Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride
Is all that I have left
So let me hide
The tears and the sadness you gave me
When you said goodbye
Walk on by (don't stop)
and walk on by (don't stop)
and walk by (don't stop)


~Shears

System Of A Down

Boom!

click here


I've been walking through your streets,
Where all your
money's earning,
Where all your building's
crying
And clueless neckties working,
Revolving fake
lawn houses,
Housing all your fears,
Desensitized by
TV,
Overbearing advertising,
God of consumerism,
And all your crooked pictures
Looking good, mirrorism,
Filtering information,
For the public eye,
Designed
for profiteering,
Your neighbor, what a guy.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god your child has born,
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
BOOM.

Modern globalization,
Coupled with
condemnations,
Unnecessary death,
Matador
corporations,
Puppeting your frustrations,
With the
blinded flag,
Manufacturing consent,
Is the name of
the game,
The bottom line is money,
Nobody gives a
fuck.
4000 hungry children leave us per hour,
From
starvation,
While billions are spent on bombs,
Creating death showers.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god your child
has born,
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM
BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM

Whyyy...must
weee...kill ooour own kiiind...?

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
BOOM,
Every time you drop the bomb,
You kill the god
your child has born,
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM
BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM/BOOM
Every time you drop
the bomb.

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Where ?

Where ?

Tzuku plays a lota SOTD on his show. Sorry you missed it this morning.

It was in the "Media" section.

My Old Friend
Carl Perkins & Paul McCartney




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "My Old Friend"


~Shears

~


My daughter asked me to put together a CD of this seasons American Idol.
I thought perhaps some would like to hear it. It's entertaining if anything, so enjoy.



Listen:
Click here to hear "American Idol Five"

1. American Idol Theme
2. She Bangs ~ William Hung (From a previous season)
3. Simon comments
4. Audition ~ Kelly Pickler
5. Audition ~ Ace Young
6. Audition ~ Katharine McPhee
7. Audition ~ Paris Bennett
8. Harmonica ~ Taylor Hicks
9. The five worst auditions
10. Simon comments
11. Living for the city ~ Taylor Hicks
12. Levon ~ Taylor Hicks
13. Taking it to the streets ~ Taylor Hicks
14. Wanted dead or alive ~ Chris Daughtry
15. Simple man ~ Bucky Covington
16 Simon comments
17. Walk on by ~ Kelly Clarkson
18. California dreamin' ~ Final 8 from a previous year
19. I don't want to be ~ Elliott Yamin
20. Moody's mood for love ~ Elliott Yamin
21. What you won't do for love ~ Elliott Yamin
22. You send me ~ Taylor Hicks
23. I can't help falling in love with you ~ Katherine McPhee
24. Trouble ~ Elliott Yamin
25. I've had the time of my life ~ Idols group
26. Simon comments
27. Together we are one ~ Idols group
28. duet ~ finalist (from a previous year)
29. Until you come back to me ~ Katherine McPhee
30. Black horse and the cherry tree ~ Katherine McPhee
31. Somewhere over the rainbow ~ Katherine McPhee
32. Have you ever really loved a woman ~ Chris Daughtry
33. She's out of my life ~ Ace Young
34. Fever ~ Paris Bennett
35. I walk the line ~ Chris Daughtry
36. Suspiciuos minds ~ Chris Daughtry
37.All is fair in love ~ Katherine McPhee
38. Father figure ~ Ace Young
39. Do I make you proud ~ Taylor Hicks
40. The one and only BillySHEARS intro
41. Margarettaville ~ BillySHEARS
42. Simon comments on BillySHEARS


~Shears

Army of me

Björk

click here to hear Army of me



stand up
you've got to manage
i won't sympathize
anymore

and if you complain once more
you'll meet an army of me

you're allright
there's nothing wrong
self-sufficience please!
and get to work

and if you complain once more
you'll meet an army of me

you're on your own now
we won't save you
your rescue-squad
is too exhausted

and if you complain once more
you'll meet an army of me

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björk

vidz;

Inside Bjork - part 1

http://tinyurl.com/fdbql


Inside Bjork - part 2

http://tinyurl.com/mvods


Inside Bjork - part 3

http://tinyurl.com/go446

Birthday

Sugarcubes

click here to hear Birthday



She lives in this house over there
Has her world outside it
Scrapples in the earth with her fingers and her mouth
Shes five years old

Thread worms on a string
Keeps spiders in her pocket
Collects fly wings in a jar
Scrubs horse flies
And pinches them on a line
Ohhh...

She has one friend, he lives next door
Theyre listenening to the weather
He knows how many freckles shes got
She scratches his beard

Shes painting huge books
And glues them together
They saw a big raven
It glided down the sky
She touched it
Ohh...

Today is a birthday
Theyre smoking cigars
Hes got a chain of flowers
And sows a bird in her knickers
Ohhh...

Theyre smoking cigars
They lie in the bathtub
A chain of ... flowers

Pieces Of A Dream
Anastacia




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Pieces Of A Dream"

I thought I saw you late last night
But it was just a flash of light
An angel passing
But I remember yesterday
Life before you went away
And we were laughing
We had hope and now it's broken

And I could see it clearly once
When you were here with me
And now somehow all that's left are
Pieces of a dream



And now I'm lost in restless nights
Just a whisper of the life
That we created
Shadows falling
I am calling

And I could see it clearly once
When you were here with me
And now somehow all that's left are
Pieces of a ...



The faded photographs
The frames of broken glass
The shattered memories
Time will soon erase
All these souvenirs
Salt from a thousand tears
But when I wake up you are never there

We had hope and now it's broken

And I could see it clearly once
When you were here with me
And now somehow all that's left are
Pieces of a ...

And I could see it clearly once
When you were here with me
And now somehow all that's left are
Pieces of a dream

Pieces of a dream


~Shears

Flowers On The Wall
Statler Brothers




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Flowers On The Wall"

I keep hearin' you're concerned about my happiness
But all that thought you're givin' me is conscience I guess
If I was walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none
While you 'n' your friends are worried about me I'm havin' lots of fun

CHORUS
Countin' flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do

Last night I dressed in tails, pretended I was on the town
As long as I can dream it's hard to slow this swinger down
So please don't give a thought to me, I'm really doin' fine
You can always find me here, I'm havin' quite a time

CHORUS

It's good to see you, I must go, I know I look a fright
Anyway my eyes are not accustomed to this light
And my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete
So I must go back to my room and make my day complete

CHORUS

Don't tell me I've nothin' to do


~Shears

Wonderful
Annie Lennox




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Wonderful"

I wanna have you
'Cause you're all I've got
Don't wanna lose you
'Cause it means a lot
All the joy this world can bring
Doesn't give me anything
When you're not here ...

Idiot me
Stupid fool
How could you be
So uncool?
To fall in love with someone who
Doesn't really care for you
It's so obscure...

But I feel...
Wonderful
Yes I feel...
Don't you know I feel...
Wonderful

God it makes me feel so blue
Everytime I think about you
All of the heat of my desire
Smokin' like some crazy fire
Come on here
Look at me
Where I stand
Can't you see my heart burnin'
In my hands?
Do you want me?
Do you not?
Does it feel cold baby?
Does it feel hot?

I wanna hold you
And be so held back
Don't wanna need you
But it's where I'm at
Thinkin' 'bout you every day
How come I was made that way?
It's so surreal...

But I feel... wonderful
Yes I feel ...
Don't you know I feel...wonderful


~Shears

California Girls
Beach Boys




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "California Girls"

Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear

And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there

The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night

I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a french bikini on Hawaii island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world

I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)


~Shears

An Innocent Man
Billy Joel




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "An Innocent Man"


Some people stay far away from the door
If there's a chance of it opening up
They hear a voice in the hall outside
And hope that it just passes by

Some people live with the fear of a touch
And the anger of having been a fool
They will not listen to anyone
So nobody tells them a lie

I know you're only protecting yourself
I know you're thinking of somebody else
Someone who hurt you
But I'm not above
Making up for the love
You've been denying you could ever feel
I'm not above doing anything
To restore your faith if I can
Some people see through the eyes of the old
Before they ever get a look at the young
I'm only willing to hear you cry
Because I am an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am

Some people say they will never believe
Another promise they hear in the dark
Because they only remember too well
They heard somebody tell them before

Some people sleep all alone every night
Instead of taking a lover to bed
Some people find that it's easier to hate
Than to wait anymore

I know you don't want to hear what I say
I know you're gonna keep turning away
But I've been there and if I can survive
I can keep you alive
I'm not above going through it again
I've not above being cool for a while
If you're cruel to me I'll understand

Some people run from a possible fight
Some people figure they can never win
And although this is a fight I can lose
The accused is an innocent man
I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man

You know you only hurt yourself out of spite
I guess you'd rather be a martyr tonight
That's your decision
But I'm not below
Anybody I know
If there's a chance of resurrecting a love
I'm not above going back to the start
To find out where the heartache began

Some people hope for a miracle cure
Some people just accept the world as it is
But I'm not willing to lay down and die
Because I am an innocent man

I am an innocent man
Oh yes I am
An innocent man



~Shears

Pink Floyd

Dogs of War

click here to hear Dogs of War



Dogs of war and men of hate

With no cause, we don't discriminate

Discovery is to be disowned

Our currency is flesh and bone

Hell opened up and put on sale

Gather round and haggle

For hard cash, we will lie and deceive

Even our masters don't know the webs we weave


On world, it's a battleground

One world and they smash it down

One world…one world


Invisible transfers, long distance calls

Hollow laughter in marble halls

Steps have been taken, a silent uproar

Has unleashed, the dogs of war

You can't stop what has begun

Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion

We all have a dark side, to say the least

And dealing in death is the nature of the beast


On world, it's a battleground

One world and they smash it down

One world…one world


The Dogs of War don't negotiate

The Dogs of War won't capitulate

They will take and you will give

And you must die so that they may live

You can knock at any door

But wherever you go, you know they've been there before

Well winners can lose and things can get strained

But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain


On world, it's a battleground

One world and we're going to smash it down

One world.....one world

Our Day Will Come
Ruby & The Romantics




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Our Day Will Come"


Our day will come
And we'll have everything.
We'll share the joy
Falling in love can bring.

No one can tell me
That I'm too young to know (young to know)
I love you so (love you so)
And you love me.

Our day will come
If we just wait a while.
No tears for us -
Think love and wear a smile.

Our dreams have magic
Because we'll always stay
In love this way
Our day will come.
(Our day will come; our day will come.)

[break]

Our dreams have magic
Because we'll always stay
In love this way.
Our day will come.
Our day will come



~Shears

Back To Life Back To Reality
Soul 2 Soul




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Back To Life Back To Reality"


back to life, back to reality
back to life, back to reality
back to life, back to reality
back to the here and now yeah
show me how decide what you want from me
tell me maybe i could be there for you

how ever do you want me how
how ever do you need me
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me how
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me

back to life back to the present time
back from a fantasy
tell me now take the initiative
i’ll leave it in your hands until your ready

how ever do you want me how
how ever do you need me
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me how
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me

live at the top of the block
no more room for trouble and fuss
need a change a positive change
look it’s me writing on the wall

how ever do you want me how
how ever do you need me
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me how
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me

back to life back to the day we have
lets end this foolish game
hear me out don’t let me waste away
make up your mind so i know where i stand

how ever do you want me how
how ever do you need me
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me how
how ever do you want me
how ever do you need me

back to life, back to reality
back to the here and now yeah
show me how decide what you want from me
tell me maybe i could be there for you



~Shears

Homophobia
Chumbawamba




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Homophobia"


Up behind the Bus-stop in the toilets off the street
There are traces of a killing on the floor beneath your feet
Mixed in with the piss and beer are bloodstains on the floor
From the boy who got his head kicked in a night or two before
Homophobia
The worst disease
You can't love who you want to love in times like these
In the pubs, clubs and burgerbars breeding pens for pigs
Alcohol, testosteron and ignorance and fist
Packs of hunting animals roam across the town
They find an easy victim and they punch him to the ground
Homophobia
The worst disease
You can't love who you want to love in times like these
The siren of the ambulance the deadpan of the cops
Chalk to mark the outline where the boy first dropped
Beware the holy trinity - church and state and law
For every death the virus gets more deadly then before
Homophobia
The worst disease
You can't love who you want to love in times like these



~Shears

The Four Horsemen
Aphrodite's Child




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "The Four Horsemen"


And when the lamb
opened the first seal,
I saw the first Horse.
The Horseman held a bow.

Now when the lamb
opened the second seal,
I saw the second Horse.
The Horseman held a sword.

The leading Horse is white,
the second Horse is red,
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green.

And when the lamb
opened the third seal,
I saw the third Horse.
The Horseman had a balance.

Now when the lamb
opened the fourth seal,
I saw the fourth Horse.
The Horseman was the Pest



~Shears

Blackbird
Billy Preston




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Blackbird"


Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
Blackbird fly, blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

~


Isn't It A Pity
Billy Preston




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Isn't It A Pity"

Isn't it a pity
Now, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity

Some things take so long
But how do I explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity

Isn't it a pity
Isn't is a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity

Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Now, isn't it a pity

(6 times, fade the 6th:)
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity
What a pity
What a pity, pity, pity

~Shears

No More Lies
Moody Blues




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "No More Lies"


I need you like you need me
Truly and completely
Never be apart
I think that you should tell me
come right out and tell me
Just what's in your heart

And if you think that it's alright
Let's make a deal and work it out
We'll walk into the sunset you and I
With no more alibis
When we tell each other
No more lies

Well truth is my addiction
Stranger still than fiction
Wider than the sky
And songs that have such feeling
Words that have such meaning
Dreams that never die

And if you think it sounds OK
Let's turn around and start agaiin
We'll walk beside the ocean hand in hand
With no more alibis
When we tell each other
No more lies

I sometimes think that maybe
You're just a little girl
You know I love you baby
I've got to tell the world

So that's the final story
The truth in all its glory
See how much I care
You know you drive me crazy
Thrill me and amaze me
Drive me to despair

And if you think that now feels right
Let's close the door and dim the light
We'll greet the dawn together side by side
JUst look into my eyes
Cause you know I'll tell you
No more lies



~Shears

Frank Zappa - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing

Some take the bible
For what it's worth
When it says that the meek
Shall inherit the Earth
Well, I heard that some sheik
Has bought New Jersey last week
'N you suckers ain't gettin' nothin'

Is Hare Rama really wrong
If you wander around
With a napkin on
With a bell on a stick
An' your hair is all gone...
(The geek shall inherit nothin')

You say yer life's a bum deal
'N yer up against the wall...
Well, people, you ain't even got no
Deal at all
'Cause what they do
In Washington
They just takes care
of NUMBER ONE
An' NUMBER ONE ain't YOU
You ain't even NUMBER TWO

Those Jesus Freaks
Well, they're friendly but
The shit they believe
Has got their minds all shut
An' they don't even care
When the church takes a cut
Ain't it bleak when you got so much nothin'
(So whaddya do)
Eat that pork
Eat that ham
Laugh till ya choke
On Billy Graham
Moses, Aaron 'n Abraham...
They're all a waste of time
'N it's yer ass that's on the line
(IT'S YER ASS THAT'S ON THE LINE)

Do what you wanna
Do what you will
Just don't mess up
Your neighbor's thrill
'N when you pay the bill
Kindly leave a little tip
And help the next poor sucker
On his one way trip. . .
SOME TAKE THE BIBLE. . .
(Aw gimme a half a dozen for the hotel room!)

Best Of Me
Maxi Priest




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Best Of Me"


You've got the best of me
More than I can give
In every part of me
Just for you I live

We shared our lives together
For so many years
Been through stormy weather
Shared the joys and tears
But oh this change of feeling
Has got me so confused
Feeling so rejected
Feelin like I'm used
What more can I say, what more can I do
Seems I'm wasting my time trying to show you

You've got the best of me
More than I can give
In every part of me
Just for you I live

You've got the best of me
More than I can give
In every part of me
Just for you I live

Seems I've been to hell and back
Only just to please you
And you're still believing
That I don't give a damn
Yes I've made my mistakes
With no intent to hurt
Tried so very hard
Just to make you understand

What more can I say
What more can I do
Seems I'm wasting my time
Trying to show you

You've got the best of me
More than I can give
In every part of me

You've got the best of me girl
More than I can give
In every part of me
Just for you I live

Whoa, hey, the very best of me baby

What more can I do
What more can I say
Seems I'm wasting my time
Trying to show you

You've got the best of me
More than I can give
In every part of me
Just for you I live

You've got the best of me
More than I can give
In every part of me
Just for you I live [Fade]



~Shears

Come Monday
Jimmy Buffet




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Come Monday"


[i]Headin' up to San Francisco
for the Labor Day weekend show,
I've got my hush-puppies on,
I guess I never was meant for
glitter rock and roll.
And honey I didn't know
that I'd be missin' you so.

[Chorus:]

Come Monday It'll be all right,
Come Monday I'll be holding you tight.
I spent four lonely days in a brown L.A. haze
and I just want you back by my side.
Yes it's been quite a summer,
rent-a-cars and west bound trains.
And now you're off on vacation,
somethin' you tried to explain.
And darlin' I love you so that's
the reason I just let you go.

[Chorus]

I can't help it honey,
you're that much a part of me now.
Remember the night in Montana when
we said there'd be no room for doubt.

I hope you're enjoyin' the scenery,
I know that it's pretty up there.
We can go hikin on Tuesday,
with you I'd walk anywhere.
California has worn me quite thin,
I just can't wait to see you again.



~Shears

A heartfelt tribute to his friend George Harrison.

Never Without You
Ringo Starr




Listen to the entire song:
Click here to hear "Never Without You"


We were young, it was fun
And we couldn't lose
Time were right, overnight
We were headline news
Crazy days and reckless nights
Limosuines and bright spotlights
We were brothers through it all

And your song will play on without you
And this world won't forget about you
Every part of you was in your song
Now we will carry on... Never Without you
(Without you Without You) Within you without you
Here comes the song it's about you

Here today, not alone
With my memories
Life is strange how things change
It's reality
You played a beautiful melody
That keeps on haunting me
I can always feel you by my side

And your song will play on without you
And this world won't forget about you
Every part of you was in your song
Now we will carry on... Never Without you
(Never Without You) Within you without you
(Within you without you)
Here comes the song it's about you

I know all things must pass
And only love will last
I'll always love the memory of you and me
Take it away Eric

And your song will play on without you
And this world won't forget about you
Every part of you was in your song
Now we will carry on...Never Without you
(Never Without You)Within you without you
(Within you without you)
I think that love is about you



~Shears

Don't
Elvis Presley




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Don’t, don’t, that’s what you say
Each time that I hold you this way,
When I feel like this and I want to kiss you,
Baby, don’t say don’t.

Don’t, don’t, don’t leave my embrace
For here in my arms is your place
When the night grows cold and I want to hold you,
Baby, don’t say don’t.

If you think that this is just a game
I’m playing
If you think that I don’t mean
Ev’ry word I’m saying
Don’t, don’t
Don’t feel that way
I’m your love and yours I will stay

This you can believe
I will never leave you
Heaven knows I won’t
Baby, don’t say don’t



~Shears

Bluebird
Buffalo Springfield




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Listen to my bluebird laugh.
She can't tell you why.
Deep within her heart, you see,
She knows only crying.
Just crying.
There she sits, a lofty perch.
Strangest color blue.
Flying is forgotten now.
Thinks only of you.
Just you.
So, get all those
blues,
Must be a thousand hues.
And be just
differently used.
You just know.
You sit there
mesmerized
By the depth of those eyes
That you
can't categorize.
She got soul.
She got soul.
She got soul.
She got soul!
Do you think she knows
you?
Do you think at all?
Soon she's going to fly
away.
Sadness is her own.
Reverse of a death of
tears
And go home, and go home.