The spiritual lyrics thread

[Samhain]

post lyrics on here that have moved you and/or you have found spiritual.
tell us who wrote or sang them, so if we like we can look them up.
you can also if you like post your own work, poetrys good too!
S

[Samhain]

by Gretchen Peters

When you are old and tired and gray
And wear your overcoat on sunny days
When your brave tales have all been told
I'll ask for them when you are old

When you are old and full of sleep
And death no longer makes you weep
When your body aches with cold
I'll warm your heart when you are old

And you'll still be the same to me
A comfort and a mystery
And I will be old too, you see
I'll need someone to comfort me

When you are old and pale and gaunt
And a gentle hand is all you want
I will give you mine to hold
I'll be here when you are old

[fritz]

by Morphine

Let's take a trip together
Headlong into the irresistible orbit
Breathing the cold black space
With the glistening edges
Let's take a trip me and you
Let's go the scenic route
Get to finally (x3)
Get to know each other
Just to be alone (x2)
Just to be alone with thee
Somewhere there's no distracting breeze of information
Leaking through the windows dripping from the trees
Somewhere there's no earthquakes
Of other people's anxious questions
No nervous wrecks going down (x2)
Let's take a trip together
Headlong into the irresistible orbit

When I get really lonely I translate thee into me, & suddenly I'm less lonely. After all, this life, this trip..It ends alone. We all die alone.
It always amazed me how I could be so damned lonely while being surrounded by loads of people at the same time.
Almost all the lyrics from this band have a cold edge to them. I'm just a cynic with a big heart.
That's nice, & sweet, Samhain. :)

[Hacker]

Miles Away - Savatage

And a cool, cool rain comes down
On a world burned by the sun
And the moon arises like a child
And the moment is undone
And the stars never say what they see
As the moon flirts with shadows it makes
Through the fallen trees
Some would wait for the morning light
But I fall asleep 'til I'm safe
In the arms of night

Let the darkness roll in
Let it wipe the light away
In the distance
Always calling
Morpheus
He beckons play

Still the morning is pre-ordained
But I believe light is the source of all of our pain
It reveals our smallest sins
But dark covers all and will always take you

Armed and gunning
I've been running
Always just before the day
In the distance
Day is dawning
But I'm already miles away

In the night there's wonder
Always there for you to see
In the light of morning
Visions fade
And dreams can flee

With the darkness the night forgives
Covers our scars and lets
The lost souls live
And the morning's a distant fear
But if we move fast they'll never find us

Armed and gunning
I've been running
Through a world that's in decay
Let them thunder stare and wonder
Cause I'm already miles away

And the rain comes down

[AshtonsMom]

I wrote this one myself, and actually the words came from nowhere and then flowed out onto a piece of paper. It's not a spiritual movement for most people, but for me, it was....

"A Quiet Reflection"

I look at you,
(I mean REALLY look at you),
And realize
There's more to you than meets the eye.
I never thought you shallow,
It's just that I never paid attention
To all the subtle hints of
Complexity that you meticulously
laid out before me.
Your smile,
(yes, your smile of all things)
Tells the story of hidden sorrows
That you've not yet overcome.
Your smile seems to gently tug
At the corners of my heart
Until I realize the depths of your suffering.

Your eyes
Speak to me of the fears you possess:
Fears of insecurity.
Fears of being inadequate.

A fear of failing those you love most.
And I wonder why
I didn't notice until now
All the unseen hurt you bury
Deep within the shadows of your soul,
When I see your reflection
Every time I look in the mirror.


© Heather Bush

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[Samhain]

Heather its really werid you should write that, as my partner was really upset yesterday, and I said to him, how come I don't realise whats going on until you reach crisis point?
don't you trust me?
maybe I just haven't noticed too many times....
S

[Samhain]

(gretchen peters)

Couple of guys sittin around drinkin
Down at the starlight bar
One of em says, you know Ive been thinking
Other one says, that wont get you too far
He says, this is your life, and welcome to it
Its just workin and drinkin and dreams
Ad on tv says just do it
Hell if I know what that means

The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is a beautiful woman
And marilyn stares down from the barroom wall

You and me, were just a couple of zeros
Just a couple of down-and-outs
But movie stars and football heroes
What have they got to be unhappy about?
So they turn to the bartender, sam, what do you think?
Whats the key that unlocks that door?
Sam dont say nothin, just wipes off the bar
And he pours them a couple more

cause the secret of life is in sams martinis
The secret of life is in marilyns eyes
The secret of life is in monday night football
Rolling stones records and moms apple pie

Sam looks up from his sunday paper
Says, boys, youre on the wrong track
The secret of life is there aint no secret
And you dont get your money back
Hey

The secret of life is gettin up early
The secret of life is stayin up late
The secret of life is try not to hurry
But dont wait
Dont wait

The secret of life is a good cup of coffee
The secret of life is keep your eye on the ball
The secret of life is to find the right woman
The secret of life is nothin at all
Oh, its nothin at all
The secret of life

Couple of guys sittin around drinkin
Down at the starlight bar
One of em says, you know Ive been thinking
Other one says, that wont get you too far
That wont get you too far

[Samhain]

Carpenter Mary Chapin
Song: This Shirt

This shirt is old and faded
All the color's washed away
I've had it now for more damn years
Than I can count anyway
I wear it beneath my jacket
With the collar turned up high
So old I should replace it
But I'm not about to try

This shirt's got silver buttons
And a place upon the sleeve
Where I used to set my heart up
Right there anyone could see
This shirt is the one I wore to every boring high school dance
Where the boys ignored the girls
And we all pretended to like the band

This shirt was a pillow for my head
On a train through Italy
This shirt was a blanket beneath the love
We made in Argeles
This shirt was lost for three whole days
In a town near Buffalo
'Till I found the locker key
In a downtown Trailways bus depot

This shirt was the one I lent you
And when you gave it back
There was a rip inside the sleeve
Where you rolled your cigarettes
It was the place I put my heart
Now look at where you put a tear
I forgave your thoughtlessness
But not the boy who put it there

This shirt was the place your cat
Decided to give birth to five
And we stayed up all night watching
And we wept when the last one died
This shirt is just an old faded piece of cotton
Shining like the memories
Inside those silver buttons

This shirt is a grand old relic
With a grand old history
I wear it now for Sunday chores
Cleaning house and raking leaves
I wear it beneath my jacket
With the collar turned up high
So old I should replace it
But I'm not about to try

[Wond'ringAloud]

Cup of Wonder by Ian Anderson


May I make my fond excuses for the lateness of the hour,
But we accept your invitation, and we bring you Beltane's flower.
For the May Day is the great day, sung along the old straight track.
And those who ancient lines did lay will heed the song that calls them back.
Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder.
Ask the Green Man where he comes from, ask the cup that fills with red.
Ask the old grey standing stones that show the Sun its way to bed.
Question all as to their ways, and learn the secrets that they hold.
Walk the lines of Nature's palm crossed with silver and with gold.
Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder.
Join in black December's sadness, lie in August's welcome corn.
Stir the cup that's ever-filling with the blood of all that's born.
But the May Day is the great day, sung along the old straight track.
And those who ancient lines did lay will heed this song that calls them back.
Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder.



Happy days!

[Samhain]

Cup of Wonder by Ian Anderson


May I make my fond excuses for the lateness of the hour,
But we accept your invitation, and we bring you Beltane's flower.
For the May Day is the great day, sung along the old straight track.
And those who ancient lines did lay will heed the song that calls them back.
Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder.
Ask the Green Man where he comes from, ask the cup that fills with red.
Ask the old grey standing stones that show the Sun its way to bed.
Question all as to their ways, and learn the secrets that they hold.
Walk the lines of Nature's palm crossed with silver and with gold.
Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder.
Join in black December's sadness, lie in August's welcome corn.
Stir the cup that's ever-filling with the blood of all that's born.
But the May Day is the great day, sung along the old straight track.
And those who ancient lines did lay will heed this song that calls them back.
Pass the word and pass the lady, pass the plate to all who hunger.
Pass the wit of ancient wisdom, pass the cup of crimson wonder.



Happy days!
thats great, I can imagine singing it around a maypole
S

[NaykidApe]

(don't mind me, just reminescing)

I took a trip through Babylon,
Everything I did was "right",
And everything went wrong,
Now my worries, fears, and fantasies,
Are back where they belong,
In the mirror, far behind me.

And now I'm back with you at last,
Your breezes from forever come,
To wash away my past,
And I know the ghosts of Babylon,
Can never fly as fast,
Or as far,
They can't find me.

You're what is,
You're the Angel of the road,
You're a steady hand upon my shoulder,
Everywhere I go,
You're the fountain of the here and now,
From which forever flows,
You're my bliss,
The Angel of the road.

[warmhandedcanadian]

Is that a song? Did you make that up?

[NaykidApe]

Is that a song? Did you make that up?

Yeah.
:D

[hippiehillbilly]

man i went to the atlanta airport today an spent almost 2 hours there..

yeah i took a trip to babylon alright..

again..

shit what am i talkin about,, we might as well be a airplane there..

we land there once a month it seems.. grrrrrrrr..

[NaykidApe]

I'm weird, I like airports.

Hate flying though.

[AshtonsMom]

Heather its really werid you should write that, as my partner was really upset yesterday, and I said to him, how come I don't realise whats going on until you reach crisis point?
don't you trust me?
maybe I just haven't noticed too many times....
SI believe we are all guilty of that, and often punish ourselves far too often for it. But you are right, we never see what is right in front of us.

[AshtonsMom]

Here is are the lyrics to an actual song that literally kicks my mind into gear for some reason:

"Somewhere Only We Know"

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me?
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

Keane

[fritz]

Take a Giant Step.. I like the Taj Mahal version best..It's corny, but comfy.

Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again

Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
Its time its time its time you felt like that again

There is just no percentage in remembering the past
Its time you learned to live again and love at last

Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

You stare at me with disbelief
You say for you there's no relief
But girl I swear it won't do you no harm

Don't sit there in your lonely room
Just looking back inside that gloom
Mama that's not were you belong

Come with me I'll take you where the taste of life is green
N' Everyday everyday hold on woman just got to be seen

Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again

Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
Its time its time its time you felt like that again

There is just no percentage in remembering the past
Its time you learned to live again and love at last

Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

[Samhain]

Here is are the lyrics to an actual song that literally kicks my mind into gear for some reason:

"Somewhere Only We Know"

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me?
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

Keane
your right, that sent shivers down my back, I was trying to work out what was going in in the song, but I think its best just to read it and not try and work it out to much
is keane the writer or the singer?
S

[Samhain]

Take a Giant Step.. I like the Taj Mahal version best..It's corny, but comfy.

Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again

Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
Its time its time its time you felt like that again

There is just no percentage in remembering the past
Its time you learned to live again and love at last

Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

You stare at me with disbelief
You say for you there's no relief
But girl I swear it won't do you no harm

Don't sit there in your lonely room
Just looking back inside that gloom
Mama that's not were you belong

Come with me I'll take you where the taste of life is green
N' Everyday everyday hold on woman just got to be seen

Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

Though you failed at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will mend your heart again

Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
Its time its time its time you felt like that again

There is just no percentage in remembering the past
Its time you learned to live again and love at last

Come with me leave your yesterday your yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind
i can imagine a lover singing that to me , I'm so soft!
S

[AshtonsMom]

your right, that sent shivers down my back, I was trying to work out what was going in in the song, but I think its best just to read it and not try and work it out to much
is keane the writer or the singer?
SKeane is the name of the band that sings the song...it may be spelled Kean, but I think it's Keane; you ought to check them out....they have beautiful music. :D

[Lying in a field]

Just a few songs for a hapless, lonely bum:

TOM WAITS - Anywhere I lay my head

My head is spinning round, my heart is in my shoes, yeah
I went and set the thames on fire, oh, now I must come back down
Shes laughing in her sleeve boys, I can feel it in my bones
Oh, but anywhere Im gonna lay my head, Im gonna call my home

Well I see that the world is upside-down
Seems that my pockets were filled up with gold
And now the clouds, well theyve covered over
And the wind is blowing cold
Well I dont need anybody, because I learned, I learned to be alone
Well I said anywhere, anywhere, anywhere I lay my head, boys
Well I gonna call my home


BOB DYLAN - SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE

(almost crying when i read these words, and the music is even more beautiful)

They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark,
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

They walked along by the old canal
A little confused, I remember well
And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright.
He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train
Moving with a simple twist of fate.

A saxophone someplace far off played
As she was walkin' by the arcade.
As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up,
She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate
And forgot about a simple twist of fate.

He woke up, the room was bare
He didn't see her anywhere.
He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide,
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
Brought on by a simple twist of fate.

He hears the ticking of the clocks
And walks along with a parrot that talks,
Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in.
Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait
Once more for a simple twist of fate.

People tell me it's a sin
To know and feel too much within.
I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring.
She was born in spring, but I was born too late
Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

[Lying in a field]

Can anybody tell that i'm sad?

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - HOPELESS BLEAK DESPAIR

I never knew what everybody meant by endless,
hopeless bleak despair
Until one day when I found out
The first time I ever left my house
It saw me and followed me home
And stayed with me for my whole life
For years and years I wandered the earth
Condemned to a life of bleak despair
Then one day I looked around and found
It had disappeared
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then one day it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day it disappeared
All I had ever wanted in my life was only to be
free of it
It drove away my family
It made me lose my job
Whenever anybody saw it
They'd say get out of here
For years and years I wandered the earth
Sick of my life, looking forward to death
The one day I looked around and found
It had disappeared
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then one day it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day it disappeared
For years and years I wandered the earth
Until I died and went to hell but my
Despair had ascended to heaven
That's how I finally got rid of it

[Wond'ringAloud]

In a nationwide poll, this poem was voted the nations favourite, some look on it as a prayer, but personally it has always made me climb out of my wallow pit and get my arse into gear. Here goes.

If - Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim.
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster,
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn out tools.

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch- and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about you loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them; "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute,
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

[Samhain]

thanks Wond'ringAloud and lying, although lying I think I may have to read yours through a few times before I make sense of them, was the second one about a sailor who picked up a call girl?
S

[Lying in a field]

I think the second one was about a junky who couldn't hold on to the woman he loved.

[Anima_Mercury]

Miracle of Love ~Eurythmics~


How many sorrows
Do you try to hide
In a world of illusions
That's covering your mind?
I'll show you something good
Oh I'll show you something good.
When you open your mind
You'll discover the sign
That there's something
You're longing to find...

The miracle of love
Will take away your pain
When the miracle of love
Comes your way again.

Cruel is the night
That covers up your fears.
Tender is the one
Who wipes away your tears.
There must be a bitter breeze
To make you sting so viciously-
They say the greatest cowards
Can hurt the most ferociously.
But I'll show you something good
Oh I'll show you something good.
If you open your heart
You can make a new start
When your crumbling world falls apart.

The miracle of love
Will take away your pain
When the miracle of love
Comes your way again.



♥ Love ♥

V

[rg paddler]

Well i'm mad about Kate Bush.You have to hear this song


Jig of life

Hello, old lady.
I know your face well.
I know it well.

She says,
"Ooh-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na!
I'll be sitting in your mirror.
Now is the place where the crossroads meet.
Will you look into the future?

"Never, never say goodbye
To my part of your life.
No, no, no, no, no!
Oh, oh, oh,

"Let me live!"
She said.
"C'mon and let me live, girl!"
She said,
"C'mon and let me live, girl!"
("C'mon and let me live!")

"This moment in time,"
(She said.)
It doesn't belong to you,"
(She said,)
It belongs to me,

"And to your little boy and to your little girl,
And the one hand clapping:
Where on your palm is my little line,
When you're written in mine
As an old memory?
Ooh, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-

"Never, never say goodbye
To my part of your life.
Oh no, no, no, no, no!
Never, never, never!
Never, never let me go!"

She said,
"C'mon and let me live, girl!'
("C'mon and let me live!")
She said,
"C'mon and let me live, girl!"
("C'mon and let me live!")

I put this
moment............................................ ..here.
I put this moment.........................here.
I put this moment--

"Over here!
"Over here!
Can't you see where memories are kept bright?
Tripping on the water like a laughing girl.
Time in her eyes is spawning past life,
One with the ocean and the woman unfurled,
Holding all the love that waits for you here.
Catch us now for I am your future.
A kiss on the wind and we'll make the land.
Come over here to where When lingers,
Waiting in this empty world,
Waiting for Then, when the lifespray cools.
For Now does ride in on the curl of the wave,
And you will dance with me in the sunlit pools.
We are of the going water and the gone.
We are of water in the holy land of water
And all that's to come runs in
With the thrust on the strand."

[Samhain]

Well i'm mad about Kate Bush.You have to hear this song


Jig of life

Hello, old lady.
I know your face well.
I know it well.

She says,
"Ooh-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na!
I'll be sitting in your mirror.
Now is the place where the crossroads meet.
Will you look into the future?

"Never, never say goodbye
To my part of your life.
No, no, no, no, no!
Oh, oh, oh,

"Let me live!"
She said.
"C'mon and let me live, girl!"
She said,
"C'mon and let me live, girl!"
("C'mon and let me live!")

"This moment in time,"
(She said.)
It doesn't belong to you,"
(She said,)
It belongs to me,

"And to your little boy and to your little girl,
And the one hand clapping:
Where on your palm is my little line,
When you're written in mine
As an old memory?
Ooh, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-

"Never, never say goodbye
To my part of your life.
Oh no, no, no, no, no!
Never, never, never!
Never, never let me go!"

She said,
"C'mon and let me live, girl!'
("C'mon and let me live!")
She said,
"C'mon and let me live, girl!"
("C'mon and let me live!")

I put this
moment............................................ ..here.
I put this moment.........................here.
I put this moment--

"Over here!
"Over here!
Can't you see where memories are kept bright?
Tripping on the water like a laughing girl.
Time in her eyes is spawning past life,
One with the ocean and the woman unfurled,
Holding all the love that waits for you here.
Catch us now for I am your future.
A kiss on the wind and we'll make the land.
Come over here to where When lingers,
Waiting in this empty world,
Waiting for Then, when the lifespray cools.
For Now does ride in on the curl of the wave,
And you will dance with me in the sunlit pools.
We are of the going water and the gone.
We are of water in the holy land of water
And all that's to come runs in
With the thrust on the strand."
This I feel goes well with that!

Painted Desert Serenade

Joshua Kadison


He tells her, "I want to paint you naked on a big brass bed
with bright orange poppies all around your head."
And she says, "Crazy old man, I'm not young anymore."
"That's all right," he whispers, "I've never painted before.

"Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
You got me talkin' to the moon, you got me walkin' in the rain.
Do you love me, do you love me Lady Jane?"


"I want to read your tea leaves by candle light.
On a fat velvet sofa, I want to be with you all night.
I want to tickle your feet with a peacock plume."
And she says, "Can you talk a little softer, there are people in the room."


"Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
You got me talkin' to the moon, you got me walkin' in the rain.
Do you love me, do you love me Lady Jane?"


And Jane says, "My children brought me here and promised me they'd call.
You know kids forget that's just the way of it all."
And he says, "Well, that makes us both footloose and fancy free,
so Jane do you want to come see the Painted Desert with me?


"Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
Do you love me Lady Jane, Lady Jane?
You got me talkin' to the moon, you got me walkin' in the rain.
Do you love me, do you love me Lady Jane?"

[Samhain]

Richard if you ever go to Amsterdam I hope you'll take this song with you and sing it there!

Amsterdam

Joshua Kadison

Well, here I am in Amsterdam as winter waves goodbye...
almost seven in the morning and I'm walking all alone
and the moon's still in the sky.
And I have to laugh just thinking how I've never found a home.
Pillows yes, to lay my head, but I've mostly been alone.

Chorus:
Oh, Amsterdam, can you tell me what kind of man I am?
A walker in the rain, a dancer in the sand, or just an insane music man?
Oh, Amsterdam, I'm barely hanging on by a single strand.
All I really know is I don't understand.
I'm just waking up alone in Amsterdam.


A boy I see in a window there, I can't help looking in.
As someone's arms pull him back to bed, I'm thinking what a fool I've been.
And the moon is trapped in an old canal like a madman in a cell.
And I'm thinking how I'd like to know just one place very well.

[rg paddler]

that was quite moving specially the part about hanging on a strand and the moon being trapped in the canal.I'll look that one up

there is one of course I play on the accordian that people especially couples seem to like:-

When it's Spring again I'll bring again
Tulips from Amsterdam
With a heart thats true I'll give to you
Tulips from Amsterdam
I can't wait until the day you fill
These eager arms of mine
Like the windmill keeps on turning
That's how my heart keeps on yearning
For the day I know we can share these
Tulips from Amsterdam

ya dada yadada yadadiddlydiddlydiddlydaa

[Samhain]

that was quite moving specially the part about hanging on a strand and the moon being trapped in the canal.I'll look that one up

there is one of course I play on the accordian that people especially couples seem to like:-

When it's Spring again I'll bring again
Tulips from Amsterdam
With a heart thats true I'll give to you
Tulips from Amsterdam
I can't wait until the day you fill
These eager arms of mine
Like the windmill keeps on turning
That's how my heart keeps on yearning
For the day I know we can share these
Tulips from Amsterdam

ya dada yadada yadadiddlydiddlydiddlydaa
did you see the song by the same person I put on here on the other page?
S

[rg paddler]

i did i did,Lady Jane - i checked out his website too.- Quite beautiful - i also notice he's giving his music away free - how do these musicians get by I wonder

[Samhain]

i did i did,Lady Jane - i checked out his website too.- Quite beautiful - i also notice he's giving his music away free - how do these musicians get by I wonder
Have you never heard of him before?

heres another great one!

Beautiful In My Eyes Lyrics



Kadison

You're my peace of mind in this crazy world.
You're everything I've tried to find, your love is a pearl.
You're my Mona Lisa, you're my rainbow skies,
and my only prayer is that you realize
you'll always be beautiful in my eyes.

The world will turn and the seasons will change,
and all the lessons we will learn will be beautiful and strange.
We'll have our fill of tears, our share of sighs.
My only prayer is that you realize
you'll always be beautiful in my eyes.


You will always be beautiful in my eyes.
And the passing years will show
that you will always grow ever more beautiful in my eyes.


When there are lines upon my face from a lifetime of smiles,
and when the time comes to embrace for one long last while,
we can laugh about how time really flies.
We won't say goodbye 'cause true love never dies.
You'll always be beautiful in my eyes.


You will always be beautiful in my eyes.
And the passing years will show
that you will always grow ever more beautiful in my eyes.
The passing years will show that you will always grow
ever more beautiful in my eyes.

[fritz]

Pagan's Mind - by Astral Projection

Falling into deep trance
Linked to my inner self
Follow steps of the wisdom masters
Bearers of the way

Concentrate, you elevate
An ancient art reveals
The spirit self begins its journey
Freed from the mortal shell

Focus mind you can walk into what
World you want to see
Four dimensional sight in mist
Train the inner eye

Silver thread, essential line
Too thin may cause your death
Beware unholy presences
Do not go in their way

[Chorus:]
Life's altar revealed
Crowned with roses and lilies - oh
Into grace I'm lifted up
A deepened state
Height to purchase seventh shores
I gaze to other worlds

Out of body experience
The state of bordering sleep
Let go of fear you should concentrate on
The light that leads the way

Condition D, time to leave
Projection through mind's gate
Attend respect of the highest level
As wandering along the way

[Chorus]

Now you've learned the master craft
Whispered through the wind
Gained control of the higher senses
New life will now begin!
Now be wise, no compromise
Thou art is so divine!
Chosen you are, use it for good
Or thus will face death's line

[sylvanlightning]

I love Kate Bush... :)

http://www.alwaysontherun.net/katetop3.jpg

Here is another:

The morning fog

'The light
Begin to bleed,
Begin to breathe,
Begin to speak.
D'you know what?
I love you better now.
I am falling
Like a stone,
Like a storm,
Being born again
Into the sweet morning fog.
D'you know what?
I love you better now.
I'm falling,
And I'd love to hold you now.
I'll kiss the ground.
I'll tell my mother,
I'll tell my father,
I'll tell my loved one,
I'll tell my brothers
How much I love them.'

http://www.alwaysontherun.net/kate.htm#aaaal

or if you would like to read my most recent poem...

http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184561

[Anima_Mercury]

To Be Free ~ Mike Oldfield ~



You find yourself alone, sometimes
Without a home, no protection
You don't know which way to go
You're lost, no direction

Then suddenly, out of the blue
Some kind of magic comes to you
You don't know how, you don't know why
But someday, gonna take off, and fly

(wish, make a wish)

My wish would be...

To be free
To be wild
And to be
Just like a child
And if I get lost
I really don't mind
Cos I'm me
Doing just fine

You're out in the cold, sometimes
As far as you can see, misty
And you want to run, into the sun
The road is lost, sand shifty

Then suddenly, out of the blue
Some kind of magic pushes you through

You don't know when, how or why
But someday, gonna take off and fly
And if I had a wish, my wish would be...
To be free
To be wild
And to be
Just like a child
And if I get lost
I really don't mind
Cos I'm me
Doing just fine



Just like a child
I really don't mind
Cos I'm free
Doing just fine


♥ Love ♥

V

[Bunbury]

Another cool thread. :) This one's not as beautiful as some of the others, but it speaks to me and I think it's relevant here.

We'll Be There
by the Oysterband

I've walked this hill a hundred times
To hear the river talking
A murmuring, a secret sound
Never found
At times I've leaned into the wind
To smell this earth I'm walking
With the song of the wind my heart is wound
All around
This holy ground

You can bring your JCBs
You can bring your drills and your drivers
You've got the might, but you've got no right
We'll be there, we'll be there, we'll be there

We've wandered under winter stars
To trace them in their courses
Summer nights at standing stones
We stood alone
We took the water in our hands
Rode the chalk-white horses
We dreamt one day they'd understand
We share this land
This holy ground

You can bring your JCBs
You can bring your drills and your drivers
You've got the might, but you've got no right
We'll be there, we'll be there, we'll be there

You can bring your JCBs
You can bring your drills and your drivers
So go fuck your peace
And your private police
We'll be there, we'll be there, we'll be there

Leave this, leave this land alone
Leave this, leave this land alone
Leave this, leave this land alone
Leave this, leave this land alone
Leave this, leave this land alone
Leave this, leave this land alone...

[Samhain]

Thanks Bunbury!

also I think this post needs saying again on this thread!

KC I think this sums up.

You are not scary. This was sent to me when I hosted a site and to me it was the greatest compliment. I live this song.

To me, to send it to you, is with the greatest respect.

I will always wear this thought with the greatest of pride as I am that strong.

With respect
Heat

Artist: Meredith Brooks Lyrics
Song: Bitch Lyrics

I hate the world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

So take me as I am
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

Just when you think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me

I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way