He used to think that it was neat
When he hung out on the street
Now that it's his daily beat
He's not so sure
'Cause he's come to depend
On a street with a dead end
And he'll sell you his best friend
So he can score some more
Boys and girls come out to play
The junk man's on the streets to say
He'll make your dreams feel real today
And steal your minds tomorrow
UB40
Wow IBKleen, gonna youtube that one. Whats the song called? Heres another: Bob Dylan-Everything is Broken
Seem like every time you stop and turn around
Something else just hit the ground
Broken cutters broken saws
Broken buckles broken laws
Broken bodies broken bones
Broken voices on broken phones
Take a deep breath feel like you're chokin'
Everything is broken.
She'd tell him about her dreams, he'd just shoot 'em down.
Lord, he loved to make her cry
You're crazy for believin', you'll never leave the ground
He said only angels know how to fly
And with a broken wing, she still sings
She keeps an eye on the sky
With a broken wing, she carries her dreams
Man you ought to see her fly!
Why do I love sad depressing songs so much. I love em!!
Here's mine today...
Been alot of word floatin' round
'bout what I do with my life
People talk but I don't hear a sound, fabricated lies
You think you got me all figured out, you couldn't even try
Talking smack behind my back, can't look me in the eye
Cast your stone, dig your bones
Tuck your tail and head for home
Leave me alone
I don't find them depressing. for me it is a reminder of what I can have if I make the wrong choice.
There ought to be a town out there,
Named for how I feel.
Yeah I could be the mayor down there,
And say welcome to Sorryville.
It won't be on a map nowhere,
You might say that it doesn't exist,
But if you make enough wrong turns
It'd be hard to miss.
There ought to be a bridge somewhere
They could dedicate to me.
I'd probably come to the ceremony
With a can of gasoline;
Walk on over to the other side
And there I'd light a match
And sit and stare through the smoke and the flames
Wonderin' how I'm ever gonna get back.
Why do I do the things I do?
Was I born this way? Am I a self-made fool?
I shoot the lights and curse the dark;
I need your love but I break your heart;
And I know the words that'll bring you back,
But I don't say nothin' as I watch you pack.
I had to work to be the jerk I've come to be;
It ain't easy bein' me.
Ought to be a side show act for freaks like me;
Yeah I could be the star of the show
With my name on the marquee.
In a room with a big red button that says "Danger, Do Not Touch,"
And twice a day I'd mash it down
And you could watch me self-destruct.
Why do I do the things I do?
Was I born this way? Am I a self-made fool?
I shoot the lights and curse the dark;
I need your love but I break your heart;
And I know the words that'll bring you back,
But I don't say nothin' as I watch you pack.
I had to work to be the jerk I've come to be;
It ain't easy bein' me.
IBK, great song choice, I love UB40, did you know what the band name means, its the name of the unemployment card you get the honour of carrying around, lol.
My lyrics come from a Paul Weller track called, "Broken Stones", love this track so much, I watched him preform it live in an intimate gig, great memories!
Like pebbles on a beach
Kicked around, displaced by feet
Like broken stones - all trying to get home.
Like a loser's reach
Too slow & short to hit the peaks
So lost & alone - trying to get home.
As another piece shatters
Another little bit gets lost
And what else really matters - at such a cost.
Like a loser's reach -
Too slow & short to hit the peaks
So lost & alone - trying to get home.
Trying to get home -
Like broken stones - all trying to get home.
Mine would be..
Welcome to the Hotel Addiction, you can check out any time you like, but you may never leaveeeee!!!
Lines on the ceiling, lines on there face..
Well anyway..Hotel California..Eagles
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key~ Already Gone....Eagles
Rulers make bad lovers, you better put your kingdom up for sale~Gold Dust Woman....Fleetwood Mac
Hush little baby don't say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It's just the beast under your bed
In your closet in your head
Enter Sandman...Metallica
Your cruel device,
Your blood like ice.
One look could kill,
My pain, your thrill.
Poison...Alice Cooper
I am done now!!
That is one of my favorite songs. Heard her sing it live at Daytona speedway a couple years ago. And cried and cried.
OH..Yes some of my favorite ones there Sarah!!!!!
I was singing them all as I read them..Good Ones...Ya!!!
This is mine!
A winter's day
In a deep and dark December;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.
I am A Rock--Simon & Garfunkel
Sunny days seem to hurt the most
Wear the pain like a heavy coat
I feel you everywhere I go
I see your smile, I see your face
I hear you laughing in the rain
Still can't believe you're gone
Chorus:
It ain't fair you died too young
Like a story that had just begun
The death tore the pages all away
God knows how I miss you
All the hell that I've been through
Just knowing no one could take your *place*(instead of 'love away')
Sometimes I wonder who you'd be today
When I find out all the reasons
Maybe I'll find another way
Find another day
With all the changing seasons of my life
Maybe I'll get it right next time
An now that you've been broken down
Got your head out of the clouds
You're back down on the ground
And you don't talk so loud
An you don't walk so proud
Any more, and what for
Well I jumped into the river
Too many times to make it home
I'm out here on my own, an drifting all alone
This is from estranged by guns n roses, not typically me as far as music goes but a very good chunk of lyrics nonetheless. I think about that part of the song often
Hold on when you feel like letting go! Hold on it gets better than you know!
HOLD ON- GOOD CHARLOTTE
Last dance with Mary Jane
one more time to kill the pain
I feel summer creepin in and
I'm tired of this town again