Steady As She Goes by The Reconteurs

Find yourself a girl and settle down
Live a simple life in a quiet town

Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)

So steady as she goes

Your friends have shown a kink in the single life
You've had too much to think, now you need a wife

Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)

Well here we go again
You've found yourself a friend that knows you well
But no matter what you do
You'll always feel as though you tripped and fell

So steady as she goes

When you have completed what you thought you had to do
And your blood's depleted to the point of stable glue

Then you'll get along
Then you'll get along

Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)

Well here we go again
You've found yourself a friend that knows you well
But no matter what you do
You'll always feel as though you tripped and fell

So steady as she goes
Steady as she goes

Settle for a world (settle for the world), neither up or down (neither up or down)
Sell it to the crowd (sell it to the crowd) that is gathered round (that is gathered round)

Settle for a girl (settle for the girl), neither up or down (neither up or down)
Sell it to the crowd (sell it to the crowd) that is gathered round (that is gathered round)

So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)

Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)

Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
Steady as she goes, are you steady now?

Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
Steady as she goes, are you steady now?

Steady as she goes

HMMM... NOT SURE I AGREE HERE... WHOEVER YOU SETTLE DOWN WITH SHOULD BE YOUR BEST FRIEND... BECAUSE LIFE IS LONG... UNLESS IT ISNT... THEN ITS SHORT... BUT YOU SHOULD STILL SETTLE DOWN WITH A FRIEND... NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO IS NEITHER UP OR DOWN,,,

Copacaba by Barry Manilow

 Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor, they worked from eight til four
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa they fell in love

Copa, Copacabana
His name was Rico
He wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit to far
Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?

At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa, she lost her love
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copacabana)

like in Havana
(Copa, banana)
Music and passion were always in fashion

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in dress she used to wear
Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind

At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always in fashion
At the copa don't fall in love

don't fall in love
(Copacabana)
(Copacabana)

WELL SEE... VIOLENCE NER SOLVED NOTHIN... THOSE FELLAS SHOULD HAVE JUST SAT DOWN AND WORKED THINGS OUT... THEN LOLA WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A OLD ALCOHOLIC...

You Are My Sunshine by Mississippi John Hurt

 You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

The other night dear, as I lay sleepin'
I dreamed, I held you in my arms
When I awaken, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cry

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

IN HONOR OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE AS WELL AS MISSISSIPI JOHN HURT...

Don't Let The Kids Win by Julia Jacklin

 Don't let the kids win, just let them lose

They're not gonna learn anything
If that's all you choose to play
Dont let the kids win, just let them fall
Don't want them growing up thinking
Two year olds are good at playing basketball

Don't let your grandmother die while you're away
Cheap trip to Thailand's not gonna make up for never getting to say goodbye
Don't let your brother stop thinking you're cool
Yeah i know he's got a girlfriend now and he's taller
But that don't mean he stopped looking up to you+

And I've got a feeling that this won't ever change
We're gonna keep on getting older
It's gonna keep on feeling strange

Don't let your friends turn cold
While you burn to green
When they walk off a stage
Embrace them and say that's the best shit I've ever seen
And don't let your sister walk down the aisle
Without pulling her close saying I love you
And it's okay if I don't see you for a while
And i've got a feeling that this won't ever change
We're gonna keep on getting older
It's gonna keep on feeling strange

Don't let the time go by without sitting with your mother down
And asking what life was like for her before you came to be around
And tell her it's okay if she puts herself first
Us kids will be alright if we're not the centre of her universe

And i've got a feeling that this won't ever change
We're gonna keep on getting older
It's gonna keep on feeling strange
And after a late one, I don't know anything
Except the more I keep on talking the less breath I got left to sing

WELL... AS FAR AS ANYTHING SPORTSWISE GOES... I WOULD LOSE EVEN IF SOMEONE TRIED TO LET ME WIN... BUT THIS LADY MAKES A GOOD POINT... i HAVE SOME RULES... ALWAYS TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE YOU LOVE THEM WHEN YOU LEAVE... DONT MISS FUNERALS OR WEDDINGS... ALSO DONT TRUST THE CALAMARI IN JUAREZ... ITS PROBABLY PIG INTESTINE

Unknown Legand by Neil Young

 She used to work in a diner

Never saw a woman look finer
I used to order just to watch her float across the floor
She grew up in a small town
Never put her roots down
Daddy always kept movin', so she did too

Somewhere on a desert highway
She rides a Harley-Davidson
Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind
She's been runnin' half her life
The chrome and steel she rides
Collidin' with the very air she breathes
The air she breathes

You know it ain't easy
You got to hold on
She was an unknown legend in her time
Now she's dressin' two kids
Lookin' for a magic kiss
She gets the far-away look in her eyes

Somewhere on a desert highway
She rides a Harley-Davidson
Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind
She's been runnin' half her life
The chrome and steel she rides
Collidin' with the very air she breathes
The air she breathes

Somewhere on a desert highway
She rides a Harley-Davidson
Her long blonde hair flyin' in the wind
She's been runnin' half her life
The chrome and steel she rides
Collidin' with the very air she breathes
The air she breathes

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT VOICE? MAKES THE SOUL SHIVER...

Our House by Madness

 Father wears his Sunday best

Mother's tired, she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Brother's got a date to keep
He can't hang around

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our

Our house it has a crowd
There's always something happening
And it's usually quite loud
Our mum, she's so house-proud
Nothing ever slows her down
And a mess is not allowed

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house (Something tells you)
(That you've got to move away from it) In the middle of our

Father gets up late for work
Mother has to iron his shirt
Then she sends the kids to school
Sees them off with a small kiss (Ah, ah, ah, ah)
She's the one they're going to miss
In lots of ways

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our

I remember way back then
When everything was true and when
We would have such a very good time
Such a fine time, such a happy time
And I remember how we'd play
Simply waste the day away
Then we'd say nothing would come between us
Two dreamers

Father wears his Sunday best
Mother's tired she needs a rest
The kids are playing up downstairs
Sister's sighing in her sleep
Brother's got a date to keep
He can't hang around

Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, in the middle of our

Our house, was our castle and our keep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house, that was where we used to sleep
Our house, in the middle of our street
Our house

A NOSTALGIC VIDEO ABOUT BEING NESTALGIC.... IM FEELING NESTALLGIC

Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying By Labi Siffre

 Crying

Crying never did nobody no good, no how

That's why I don't cry
That's why I don't cry

Laughing
Laughing sometimes does somebody some good somehow
That's why I'm laughing now
That's why I'm laughing now

Loving
Loving never did me no good, no how, no how
That's why I can't love you now
That's why I can't love you now

Lying
Lying never did nobody no good, no how, no how
So why am I lying now?
So why am I lying now?

So why am I lying now?

WELL... SOMETIMES CRYING CAN MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER... BUT I DON'T CRY EITHER... SO MAYBE YOU'RE RIGHT...

God Only Knows by The Beach Boys

 I may not always love you

But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it

God only knows what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Well life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows
God only knows what I'd be without you

HAPPY VALENTINES...

All The Night Without Love by Elvis Perkins

 We walked the aisles aimlessly

With our kills painlessly
And we go all the night without love

In the darkened lonely corners
Where we place our drive-thru orders
And we go all the the night without love?
Without love

"Touch me" the graphic reads
On the magnetic, athletic insole
She 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 shimmer
And you once caused my cells to shimmer
Now, we go all the night without love

Without love
Without love
Without love
Without love

WELL... YOU JUST GOT TO SAY... LEAFE TABLES AND NO CHAIRS?... CHAIRS YOU GOT A DINETTE SET... NO CHAIRS YOU GOT DICK... ID ASK MY WIFE, SHE GOT MORE SENSE...

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...

Hoist The Colours by Bobby Bass

 The king and his men

Stole the queen from her bed
And bound her in her bones
The seas be ours
Beyond the powers
Where we will, we'll rule

Yo, ho, all hands
Hoist the colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die

Yo, ho, haul together
Hoist the colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die

Yo, ho, haul together
Hoist the colours high
Heave ho, thieves and beggars
Never shall we die

THIS SONG PROVES TO ME THAT GIANT PUPPETS THAT LOOK LIKE DIVERS ARE ACTUALLY REAL GIANTS FROM THE BIBLE BECAUSE THE GIANT PUPPETS EYES MOVE... OKAY I DONT BELIEVE IN GIANTS BUT SOME CHRISTIAN LADY THINKS THE GIANT PUPPET IS REALLY A REAL GIANT...

Dirty Old Town by The Pogues

 I met my love by the gas works wall

Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring's a girl from the streets at night

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I heard a siren from the docks
Saw a train set the night on fire
I smelled the spring on the smoky wind

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I'm gonna make me a good sharp axe
Shining steel tempered in the fire
I'll chop you down like an old dead tree

Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I met my love by the gas works wall
Dreamed a dream by the old canal
I kissed my girl by the factory wall

Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Dirty old town

I DONT MEAN THIS IN A MEAN WAY AT ALL... BUT FRANKLY IM SUPRISED HE MADE 65...RIP SHANE... THE LIGHT IS GOING OUT...

We Have The light by Stella Stagecoach

 

All these words that you say
They don't mean that much to me
And the tears that we cry
Quickly dry inside this place
Theres a wind in my room
And it's blowing through and through
Where it goes nobody knows
No, neither do you

So how can you say that you don't need it
When you're bleeding
And there's something in your eyes tonight
And where did we learn to complicate our minds
So we can smile when we're looking eye to eye
And so we fall and we die
And we hope we finally find
A place that, a place like children we will sing
We have the light
Its not hiding, but it's shining
Bright as the sun on a summer day when the clouds are far away
Or a city on the hill
A can along your windowsill for the world to see
Yeah there's something different inside of you and me
While we sing in a tongue, prove my melen state
Were convicted in our souls
No one ask a single sway
You look at me, i look at you
It seems a bit absurd
Where the flower in your hair has died
Im sure you've heard
So how can you say that you don't need it
When you're bleeding
From a wound that can be seen
Looking in your eyes

We have the light
Its not hiding but it's shining
Bright as the sky on a summer day when the clouds are far away
Or a city on a hill
A can along your windowsill for the world to see
Theres something different inside of you and—
We have the light
Its not hiding but it's shining
Bright as the sky on a summer day when the clouds are far away
Or a city on a hill
A can along your windowsill for the world to see

I HAD A LIGHT ON MY BEDSIDE TABLE MADE OUT OF A SALT ROCK...THEN IT GOT BROKEN...EVERYTHING GETS BROKEN

The First Song by Band of Horses

I'm shaking awful
I'm shaking-ass cold
In weather remote
Snowfall on

The snowy cover
We'll recover from both

With Christmas time coming
Hangover approaching
We've been drinking Bordeaux

As Christmas time goes
I'm coming over
I'm coming from north

I'm already gone
I'm wrapping up the presents I bought

An overcoat will take me anywhere, oh
We've suffered enough
It's scary to leave
When they're leaving from work
Cutting us off
Knowing not why
Calling on the telephone
Roy, do I know anyone?

No, I don't know anyone 

PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVE BANDS BEFORE MY HEARING WENT... AFTER REM OF COURSE...

Girl on a Wing by The Shins

 One wound up punch of intuition

Lays flat my whole take on us
You're the girl on the wing of a barnstormer
The tidal rabbit who came of age before her time

Could have been so good-natured
If I'd relented when you insisted
But we've been backed against
All nature's walls for too long

You felt abandoned by me
I recall the sunshine as you were melting
And though the comedy softens the fall
They still hear us with their ears to the wall

I sold all my evil motives
No icicles stuck in my hide
I'm through with riddles, I know we're little
Just help me feel warm inside

Before we take this ride and let it slide
Into the cracks where fall and winter collide
I surrender all my gall in a song of modern love
Remember you're the one who summoned me above any other kind
Any other kind

Could have been so good-natured
If you'd relented when I insisted
We take a week off, let the garden grow by itself
And let the gluttons fill themselves with all the worst of the gory nineties
And though the comedy softens the fall, we still fall short

Before we take this ride and let it slide
Into the cracks where fall and winter collide
I surrender all my gall in a song of modern love
Remember you're the one who summoned me above any other kind
Any other kind

WELL... I CAN TELL YOU IF YOU LET A GARDEN GROW ITSELF... IT WONT... BELIEVE ME I KNOW... AND YOU END UP YELLING AT YOUR KIDS TO WEED THE GODDAMN GARDEN... AND THEN EVENTUALLY YOU END UP WITH A SQARE BOX MADE OF RAILROAD TIES FULL OF DIRT... THEN WHEN YOU TEAR IT OUT NO ONE, AND i MEAN NO ONE WILL TAKE THE RAILROAD TIES...

Pigs on the Wing Parts 1 & 2

If you didn't care what happened to me
And I didn't care for you
We would zigzag our way through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain
Wondering which of the buggers to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing

 You know that I care

What happens to you
And I know that you care
For me too

So, I don't feel alone on the weight of the stone
Now that I've found somewhere safe to bury my bone
And any fool knows a dog needs a home
A shelter from pigs on the wing

Part 1

PART 2... I WANT TO KNOW WHO THOUGHT THE DESIGN OF THAT FACTORY WAS A GOOD IDEA... YOU LOOK AT IT AND IT MAKES YOU SAD... AND I SAW THE REAL THING LAST SPRING... AND IT MADE ME FEEL SAD...

Lets Save Tony Orlando's House by Yo La Tengo

 "We proudly welcome

Tony Orlando"
The state fair marquee reads
Inside, a thousand people with yellow ribbons sing
And clap on 1 and 3

Watch him burn
He's dropping to his knees
Watch him burn
A medley: hits from "Grease"
Watch him burn
He never fails to please

Meanwhile, in Tahoe, outside Casa Tony
Wetting rags in gasoline
A jealous Frankie Valli says:
"Dawn, I want you back"
Lights a match and counts to three

Watch it burn
Reluctantly, he leaves
Watch it burn
Acrid smoke making him wheeze
Watch it burn
Humming Sherry splits the scene

Watch it burn
Reluctantly, he leaves
Watch it burn
Acrid smoke making him wheeze
Watch it burn
Humming Sherry splits the scene

"We're sorry to inform you
Tony Orlando has been postponed"

WELL... I DONT KNOW WHO THIS TONY ORLANDO CAT IS... BUT I LIKE THE TITLE OF THE SONG... AND THE MUSIC AINT THAT BAD... HOPEFULLY DAN WILL HAVE AN EXPLANATION...

Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen

 I was bruised and battered

I couldn't tell what I felt
I was unrecognizable to myself
Saw my reflection in a window
And didn't know my own face
Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away
On the streets of Philadelphia?

I walked the avenue, 'til my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
On the streets of Philadelphia

Ain't no angel gonna greet me
It's just you and I my friend
And my clothes don't fit me no more
A thousand miles just to slip this skin

The night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake
I can feel myself fading away
So receive me brother with your faithless kiss
Or will we leave each other alone like this
On the streets of Philadelphia?

THIS SONG IS A KICK IN THE GUT... IT STILL MAKES ME WANT TO CRY 30 YEARS LATER... AND NOW I REALLY DONT KNOW MY OWN FACE...

Come Go With Me by The Dell-Vikings

 Well I love, love you darlin'

Come and go with me
Come home with me
Way beyond the sea
I need you darlin'
So come go with me

Come, come, come, come
Come into my heart
Tell me darlin'
We will never part
I need you darlin'
So come go with me

Yes, I need you
Yes, I really need you
Please say you'll never leave me
Well, say you never
Yes, you really never
You never give me a chance

Come, come, come, come
Come into my heart
Tell me darlin'
We will never part
I need you darlin'
So come go with me
(Yeah)

Yes, I need you
Yes, I really need you
Please say you'll never leave me
Well, say you never
Yes, you really never
You never give me a chance

Love you darlin'
Come and go with me
Come home with me
Way beyond the sea
I need you darlin'
So come go with me

Come on go with me
Come on go with me
Come on go with me

GIRL...DO NOT GO WITH THAT DUDE... SHEESH... TALK ABOUT NEEDY.... A DUDE SHOULD HAVE SOME SELF RESPECT... DONT BEG... NEVER BEG...

A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash

 Well, my daddy left home when I was three

Didn't leave very much to my mom and me
Except this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that my daddy ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me Sue

Well, he must've thought that it was quite a joke
And I got a lot of laughs from a lots of folk
Seems I had to fight my whole life through
Some gal would giggle and I'd turn red
And some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head
I tell you, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue

But I grew up quick and I grew up mean
My fist got hard and my wits got keener
Roam from town to town to hide my shame
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
I'd search the honky tonks and bars
And kill that man that gave me that awful name

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry
Thought I'd stop and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table, dealing stud
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me Sue

Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn out picture that my mother had
Knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye
He was big and bent and gray and old
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said, "My name is Sue, how do you do?
Now you gonna die", that's what I told him

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down, but to my surprise
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear
Then I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the walls and into the street
Kicking and a-gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer

Well, I tell you, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile
Well, I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
And he reached for his gun but I pulled mine first
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile

And he said, "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along
So I give you that name, and I said goodbye
And I knew you'd have to get tough or die
It's that name that helped to make you strong"

He said, "Now you just fought one heck of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right to kill me now
And I wouldn't blame you if you do
But you ought to thank me, before I die
For the gravel in ya gut and the spit in ya eye
'Cause I'm the son of a bitch that named you Sue"
What could I do?

Well, I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
I called him my pa, and he called me his son
Come away with a different point of view
And I think about him, now and then
Every time I try and every time I win, and if I ever have a-

Well, if I ever have a boy, I'll name him
Frank or George or Bill or Tom, anything but Sue
I don't want him go around, man call him Sue all his life
That's a horrible thing to do to a boy trying to get a hold in the world
Named a boy a Sue

MAN... THOSE CONS SURE LIKED THAT STORY ABOUT A MAN NAMED SUE...