Sunday, March 17, 2024

Our House by Madness

 Father wears his Sunday best

Mother's tired, she needs a restThe kids are playing up downstairsSister's sighing in her sleepBrother's got a date to keepHe can't hang around
Our house, in the middle of our streetOur house, in the middle of our
Our house it has a crowdThere's always something happeningAnd it's usually quite loudOur mum, she's so house-proudNothing ever slows her downAnd a mess is not allowed
Our house, in the middle of our streetOur house, in the middle of ourOur house, in the middle of our streetOur house (Something tells you)(That you've got to move away from it) In the middle of our
Father gets up late for workMother has to iron his shirtThen she sends the kids to schoolSees them off with a small kiss (Ah, ah, ah, ah)She's the one they're going to missIn lots of ways
Our house, in the middle of our streetOur house, in the middle of our
I remember way back thenWhen everything was true and whenWe would have such a very good timeSuch a fine time, such a happy timeAnd I remember how we'd playSimply waste the day awayThen we'd say nothing would come between usTwo dreamers
Father wears his Sunday bestMother's tired she needs a restThe kids are playing up downstairsSister's sighing in her sleepBrother's got a date to keepHe can't hang around
Our house, in the middle of our streetOur house, in the middle of our streetOur house, in the middle of our streetOur house, in the middle of our
Our house, was our castle and our keepOur house, in the middle of our streetOur house, that was where we used to sleepOur house, in the middle of our streetOur house

Monday, February 26, 2024

Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying By Labi Siffre

 Crying

Crying never did nobody no good, no how
That's why I don't cryThat's why I don't cry
LaughingLaughing sometimes does somebody some good somehowThat's why I'm laughing nowThat's why I'm laughing now
LovingLoving never did me no good, no how, no howThat's why I can't love you nowThat's why I can't love you now
LyingLying never did nobody no good, no how, no howSo why am I lying now?So why am I lying now?
So why am I lying now?

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

God Only Knows by The Beach Boys

 I may not always love you

But long as there are stars above youYou never need to doubt itI'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without youIf you should ever leave meThough life would still go on believe meThe world could show nothing to meSo what good would living do me
God only knows what I'd be without youGod only knows what I'd be without youIf you should ever leave meWell life would still go on believe meThe world could show nothing to meSo what good would living do me
God only knows what I'd be without youGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knowsGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knowsGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knowsGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knowsGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knowsGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knows what I'd be without youGod only knowsGod only knows what I'd be without you

Monday, January 29, 2024

All The Night Without Love by Elvis Perkins

 We walked the aisles aimlessly

With our kills painlesslyAnd we go all the night without love
In the darkened lonely cornersWhere we place our drive-thru ordersAnd we go all the the night without love?Without love
"Touch me" the graphic readsOn the magnetic, athletic insoleShe let it goes all its life without love
Tell me, can you imagine going to"Got milk? Dot com"Do you go all the night without love?Without love
Well, I once caused your cells to shimmerAnd you once caused my cells to shimmerNow, we go all the night without love
Without loveWithout loveWithout loveWithout love



Monday, January 22, 2024

Will The Circle Be Unbroken by Mississippi John Hurt

 i was standing by my window

on one cold and cloudy…
when they heard… come a’rollin
to carry my mother away

will the circle be unbroken
by and by, lord, by and…
there’s a better home awaiting
in the sky, lord, in the sky

and i told the undertaker
“undertaker please drive slow
for this lady, that you haulin’
oh, i hate to see her go”

will the circle be unbroken
by and…
there’s a better home awaiting
in the sky, lord, in the sky

i will follow, long behind her
try to stand up and be brave
but i could not hold my sorrow
when they laid her in the grave

will the circle be unbroken
by and…
there’s a better home awaiting
in the sky, lord, in the sky

SOMETHING SO PROFOUND... BEYOND THE WORDS...

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Hoist The Colours by Bobby Bass

 The king and his men

Stole the queen from her bedAnd bound her in her bonesThe seas be oursBeyond the powersWhere we will, we'll rule
Yo, ho, all handsHoist the colours highHeave ho, thieves and beggarsNever shall we die
Yo, ho, haul togetherHoist the colours highHeave ho, thieves and beggarsNever shall we die
Yo, ho, haul togetherHoist the colours highHeave ho, thieves and beggarsNever shall we die

Friday, December 08, 2023

Dirty Old Town by The Pogues

 I met my love by the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canalI kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old townDirty old town
Clouds are drifting across the moonCats are prowling on their beatSpring's a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old townDirty old town
I heard a siren from the docksSaw a train set the night on fireI smelled the spring on the smoky wind
Dirty old townDirty old town
I'm gonna make me a good sharp axeShining steel tempered in the fireI'll chop you down like an old dead tree
Dirty old townDirty old town
I met my love by the gas works wallDreamed a dream by the old canalI kissed my girl by the factory wall
Dirty old townDirty old townDirty old townDirty old town