One Song, One Photo

Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care of You

2010-08-13T06:00:00.000-07:00

posted by Krysten Ryba

Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care of You

I know you've been hurt
By someone else
I can tell by the way
You carry yourself
But if you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I'll take care of you

I loved and lost
Same as you
So you see I know
Just what you've been through
So if you'll let me
Here's what I'll do
I got to take care of you

You won't ever have to worry
You won't ever have to cry
I'll be there beside you
To dry your weeping eyes

So darlin' tell me
That you'll be true
'Cause there's no doubt in my mind
I know what I want to do
And just as sure as
One and one are two
I just got to take care of you
I'll take care of you
I'll take care of you

Roky Erickson - It's A Cold Night For Alligators

2010-04-30T12:36:00.000-07:00

Roky Erickson - It's A Cold Night For Alligators

It's a cold night for alligators
It's a cold night for dogs
The dogs choke on their barking
When they see alligator persons in the bog and fog

It's a cold night for alligators
When men turn into them in the night
It's a cold night for alligators
It's a cold night for their might

It's a cold night for alligators
Hiding behind the trees with moss
Forever hear the swamp birds screaming
Forever in loss

It's a cold night for alligators
In the blend
It's a cold night for alligators
A perfect monster has no end

Gang Gang Dance - House Jam

2010-04-29T12:36:00.000-07:00

Gang Gang Dance - House Jam

One with the light shined on them
How quickly the glamor fades
Spread spreading out my stone wings
Why I, I become the storm

The finest marble
Like a raven heading for the sun
Spread spreading out my stone wings
Why I, I become the storm

Forth from the river with the yellow tide
Don't get toothed at the cliffs
I'm sad, sad about something
And there's no soul left to grate here
Like overstaying
A welcome that has been denied
Take me to the opium benign
Where the light took time

Ahh steamrollers paved over life
All i can say is what a pim it's been

Will the clouds carry my tears to you
Carry my tears to you
Carry my tears

Will the clouds carry my tears to you
Carry my tears to you
Carry my tears

The Tallest Man on Earth - Kids on the Run

2010-04-27T18:36:00.000-07:00

The Tallest Man on Earth - Kids on the Run

Oh meet me when the morning fails on the fields of desire
Oh meet me when I lost my part in the choir of dusk
Where the promise to lead what is right
As we both know how fields will turn white
And know I will never speak of days
Cause I know you wont count them.

No we have never grown a day from the poison we shared
And we're walking our crooked backs home
But will we ever confess what we've done?
Guess we're still kids on the run.

And no we will never be a part of the pictures once taken
When we're feeding fire with the flames til no memories gone
And the cold sky will write us a song
But will we ever confess what we've done?
Guess we're still kids on the run

And the reflections in their eyes
Sure could paint us as killers
Oh, I'll be there.

And til the terror of our time
Could forgive us as lovers
Oh, lets break some hearts....

And no I will never speak of ways 'cause I know you wont try them
But all the weapons raining from the sky will be ours to embrace
And the cold sky will write us a song
But will we ever confess what we've done
Guess we're still kids on the run.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - 1st Of Tha Month

2010-04-23T15:52:00.000-07:00

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - 1st Of Tha Month

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

Hey my nigga we havin' a wonderful day and I won't fuck with me. Why?
'Cause it's the 1st of the month and now we smokin', chokin', rollin' blunts
And sippin' on 40 ounces thuggin' come come we got the blessed rum
From jumpin' all nights we high
Hit up the block to where? East 99
I get with my nigga to get me some yayo
Double up nigga what you need?
We got weed to get P.O.Ded
Fiend for the green leaves
Give it up it's the foe sure you better lay low
Cause the po-po creep when they roll slow
If you can't get away better toss that yayo
Keep your bankroll
Yeah we havin' a celebration, I love to stay high
And you better believe when it's time to grind
I'm down for mine crime after crime
Fin to creep to the pad cause mom's got grub on the grill
If we got the food, you know it's the 1st of the month
and my nigga we chills foe real

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

Wake up and I see that my sister is already dressed
She said "I'm gonna run and go get my stamps
Watch and make sure no one snatches my check" nigga that's the mailman
Sort through the mail and put it up in-a me pocket
So I be hittin' the 99 to get me a dub
Foe forty bucks but ain't nobody ride that rita
Hop on the 10 to the click
Ready to get 'em up with-a me thugs
And to cash that dum
I gotta get paid play player holla holla
Saint Claire got much to offer
Whether it be weed on 93
Or off on the glock glock for some dollars, so
Get a bag of dope and a quarter roll, oh
Most all of my niggas got the same, and we gonna roll it all up to smoke
Hittin' that reefer hydro, you know the cut, so fuck them po-po
Toss all that yayo, and we're gonna say no
Runnin' through the alley and into the melee
Up on the second the sundown
Nose run from january on down to december im lovin the first of the month

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

It's the 1st of the month
Gotta grind gotta get mine
In the hood that I claim
I slang on that double 9-9
Gotta find them dubs
Gonna get a forty, can a thug get love?
What's up?
Try to stand on my corner
Nigga you'z a gonna Saint Claire niggas don't like that
And sellin' them dummies makin' that money come back nigga get pap pap
From the 1st to the 15th niggas smoke plenty weed
But I gotta save gotta come up
Put my rocks on the cut
When I get high nigga blaze that blunt, huh
Time to roll to the pad
Count up my profits and add it to the stash
Gotta watch my back see for niggas that's tryin' to rob me, fool
But never no shorts no losses
Dumpin' keepin' this niggas up off me see
Gotta search the whole block
Spend a couple of bills
Thugs smoke a lot of weed on the 1st

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

Wakin' up feelin' buzzed off up early mornin' stretchin'
I'm yawnin' lightweight bent chugga lugga take a fifth to the dome
Instead I kick it with my trues
But it's the 1st so I'm getting my hustle on
Hop on the phone, calling up Krayzie Bone
Wanna know did you O.G check come? (She put me down)
I'm a hop on the bus with Biz (Yo Brother let's get drunk)
And I'm coming with blunt after blunt
Of this skunk
Nigga T just put me down
Oh God how I love when the 1st come around
Now I'm feelin' black and mild, headed cross town
'Cause niggas the 1st to get celebrated
Rushin' to the block cause I wanna get faded
Lookin' all wild cause I'm getting me hair braided
We heavy off into this game
True to the 1st just call me that pro slang
Them nickels and dimes and 20's and 50's
The 1st be the day for the dopeman
Slangin' that cocaine fool, and I'm working late tonight
And all them fiends be lovin' them thugs
'Cause I got them rocks for them pipes
Come come with them ends
I gotta get paid on the 1st, gotta blaze up my spliff
Get live with the Bone Thugs, Poetic Hustlers in the graveyard shift
On the 1st

Wake up, wake up, wake up it's the 1st of the month
To get up, get up, get up so cash your checks and get up

The O'Jays - Forever Mine

2010-04-22T08:33:00.000-07:00

photo by paul bourke

The O'Jays - Forever Mine

Forever mine
All because you’re my kind, oh, baby
I got what you want, you got what I want
And we were made for each other, ooh

Forever mine
And I’m so glad ‘cause it gets better with time, oh, girl
I like what you like, you like what I like
And we were made for each other

Oh, baby, you are that someone
I’ve been hopin’, I’ve been lookin’ all my days
Don’t you ever think about leavin’
This heart of mine would be grievin’
Don’t go, stay, stay

Forever mine
Ah, we’re, we’re one of a kind, mmm, mmm, ooh, ooh, baby girl
I need what you need, you need what I need
And we were made for each other, ooh, oh, girl

Oh, baby, I wanna love you
Love you so, make it good right down to the bone, to the bone
‘Cause it’s you I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
Give you all the love you’re needin’
Don’t go (Please), stay (Stay), stay

Forever mine
‘Cause you and me, we get along just fine, ah, baby
I got what you want (Good lovin’), you got what I want (Good lovin’)
And we were made for each other

Ha...we’ve been around
And I had a loves and I know you had a lot of loves too
But I ain’t never had nobody
That do the things you do

We go together
Well, like birds in the trees
Empty in a world of troubles, girl
If you wasn’t here with me, stay

Forever mine, oh
‘Cause, ‘cause you’re my kind, ooh, ooh, baby, baby, baby girl
You know that I like what you like (Good love), you like what I like (Good lovin’)
Hey...we belong together, ooh, baby, oh, baby, you

I got what you want, you got what I want
And we were made for each other, for each other, girl, oh, oh, oh, girl
You know that I like what you like, you like what I like
We were made for each other, girl, for each other, baby

I got what you want so don’t you ever think about leavin’
Oh, baby, oh, girl, I like what you like
‘Cause it’s you I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
Ooh, ooh, baby, oh, girl, oh, girl

I know that ever think about leavin’ (I need good lovin’)
Oh, baby, oh, baby ‘cause (And if you need me)
You I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
Oh, baby, I...

Ever think about leavin’
Don’t do it (Don’t do it), don’t do it (Oh, baby)
You I’m thinkin’ about pleasin’
I...oh...don’t you ever think about leavin’

(Don’t do it) Don’t do it, baby
(Don’t do it )

Mclusky - She Will Only Bring You Happiness

2010-04-16T15:21:00.000-07:00

Mclusky - She Will Only Bring You Happiness

Note to self, be erect by half-past ten
Be strong, be proud, be able, be charmed
Be extended, be in motion, be at loggerheads with chris
Like chris was crisp, like chris was crisp

Show yourself, show! show!

All the sea was coal, coal, coal!
All the sea was coal, coal, coal!
All the sea was coal, coal!
She started wondering, where is the profit here?

Note to invading aliens, avoid this town
Like this town avoided us
Like murder stalked the valley where this woman used to live
Bathe and breathe and be murdered
Bathe and breathe and be murdered
Like chris was crisp, like chris was crisp, was crisp

Show yourself, show! show!

All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal!
She started wondering, where is the profit here?

Our old singer is a sex criminal
Our old singer is a sex criminal

All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal! coal! coal!
All the sea was coal!
She started wondering, where is the profit here?

Sade - By Your Side

2010-04-15T15:36:00.000-07:00

Sade - By Your Side

You think I'd leave your side baby?
You know me better than that
You think I'd leave down when your down on your knees?
I wouldn't do that

I'll do you right when your wrong
I, ohhh, ohhh

If only you could see into me

oh, when your cold
I'll be there to hold you tight to me
When your on the outside baby and you can't get in
I will show you, your so much better than you know
When your lost, when your alone and you can't get back again
I will find you darling I'll bring you home

If you want to cry
I am here to dry your eyes
and in no time you'll be fine

You think I'd leave your side baby
You know me better than that
You think I'd leave you down when your down on your kness
I wouldn't do that

I'll do you right when your wrong
I, ohhhh, ohhh

If only you could see into me

Oh when your cold
I'll be there
To hold you tight to me
Oh when your alone
I'll be there by your side baby

Pure - The Hammock

2010-04-14T15:36:00.000-07:00

photo by jim hunt

Pure - The Hammock

Hey hey
You stole my bike, so I broke your nose
You said my mom was better looking than your mom
Who knows
We stare at the sun a little closer
Pretty colors are taking over
But down by the swings that hang out low
We'll be real low

Hanging out
Hanging ow-ow-ow-ow-out
Hanging out
Hanging out

Hey hey
And you crashed my car
So I took the blame
We fixed it up and then you crashed it again
And again
And we moved apart and got all weird
And I went out searching and you stayed back here
The hammock fell over
Had no place to stay
And nobody's noticed you passed away

Hanging out
Hanging ow-ow-ow-out
Hanging out
Hanging out

We're hanging out
I'm sick of hanging out
Come on now hang out
Come on now hang out
Hanging out

Hanging out
Hanging out
Hanging out
Hanging out
I'm sick of hanging out
We'll figure it out
And we're standing at the gate
And I can't get in, I'm too late

Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

2010-04-13T15:36:00.000-07:00

Sleigh Bells - Ring Ring

Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart
Sixteen six six six like the pentagon
We are the river flow
And you can never know
You're just a weatherman
We make the wind blow

Keep thinking about every straight face yes
Wonder what your boyfriend thinks about your braces
What about them
I'm all about them
Six such straight As
Cut em in the bathroom

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart
Sixteen six six six like a heart attack
We form a ?
And I'm aware of that
But we could fist fight drunk like the parent trap

Keep thinking about every straight face yes
Wonder what your boyfriend thinks about your braces
We never ?
And you can see me
We fell asleep in the middle of the fury

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

Have a heart, have a heart, have a heart
Sixteen six six six like the pentagon
We are the river flow
And you can never know
You're just a weatherman
We make the wind blow

Keep thinking about every straight face yes
Wonder what your boyfriend thinks about your braces
What about them
I'm all about them
Six such straight As
Cut em in the bathroom

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

So this is it then?
You're here to win friends
Click click saddle up see you on the moon then
And all our old friends
Pick up their phones then
Ring ring call them up
Tell them about the new trends

The Monks - Pretty Suzanne

2010-04-12T15:36:00.000-07:00

The Monks - Pretty Suzanne

Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?
Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?

Oh, I want your love girl
More than all the world
When ya gonna give, don't you wanna live
Love me
Don't think you dare, do you really care
Love me
Oh, I want your love girl
More than all the world
When ya gonna give, don't you wanna live
Love me
I don't think you dare, do you really care
Love me

Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?
Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?

Please, please love me
Why don’t you love me?
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne

Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne
Oh, pretty Suzanne

Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)

2010-04-10T15:36:00.000-07:00

Dramarama - Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)

Oh, gee, what is it tonight?
At least just tell me what the hell is wrong,
Do you want to eat, do you want to sleep, do you want to drown?
Just settle down, settle down, settle down...
I'll give you give candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I'll even let you watch the shows you want to see,
Just marry me, marry me, marry me...

I'm so sick of you tonight,
You never stay awake when I get home,
Is something wrong with me, something wrong with you?
I really wish I knew, wish I knew, wish I knew...
I'll give you candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I even let you watch the shows you want to see,
Because you married me, married me, married me...

When I was young I learned a game,
Where love and happiness were the same,
Now I'm older and I don't play,
I found out the hardest way,
I got wasted, she got mad, called me names and she called her dad,
He got crazy and I did too, wondered what I did to you.
I'll give you candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I even let you hear the songs I want to sing,
I'll give you anything, anything, anything...
I'll give you anything, anything, anything

New Edition - If It Isn't Love

2010-04-09T15:36:00.000-07:00

New Edition - If It Isn't Love

I don't love her
I tried to tell myself
But you can see it in my eyes
So don't deny I can't fool no one else
The truth is in the tears I cry

Cause if it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn't love

I told her I'd never fall in love
But now I know better
How does it feel I can't describe this feelin'
That came when I saw her last night
She got to me
I'll let you know the reason I saw her with another guy

So if it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside

And if it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn't love

Maybe she'll take me back
(Hey girl he's begging)
I made a big mistake
(Won't you forgive him girl)
Now I can feel it
(He's never felt before)
I really love her
(You love her? What!?)

I took my heart
To shatter in a thousand pieces
Before I'd ever drop my pride
Losing love worrying about my image
Really helped me realize

If it isn't love
Why do I feel this way
Why does she stay on my mind
And if it isn't love
Why does it hurt so bad
Make me feel so sad inside
If it isn't love

Sally Seltmann - Harmony to My Heartbeat

2010-04-08T17:50:00.000-07:00

Sally Seltmann - Harmony to My Heartbeat

Dreams that come and go
This is one that I found forever I know
Been crossing my fingers and always hoping for it to come true

Waiting for the train
I can see a face in the distance again
Got a little dream that's become a friend and a reality

And I'm running just as fast as I can to tell you the news
We can do this together, we can, yeah me and you
When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Dreams that come and go
But I just kept doing what I loved, even though
All I ever wished for was out of breath, running so slow

I found the lock and the key
Now I can be everything I've wanted to be
Got a little dream that's become a friend for the melody

And I'm running just as fast as I can to tell you the news
We can do this together, we can, yeah me and you
When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Harmony to my heartbeat, baby

When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Harmony to my heartbeat, baby
You're the harmony to my heartbeat baby

When you hold me I can see
This is exactly where I wanna be
You're the harmony to my heartbeat, baby

Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk

2009-12-10T18:07:00.000-08:00

Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk

I'm working on my backwards walk
Walking with no shoes or socks
And the time rewinds to the end of May
I wish we'd never met, then met today

I'm working on my faults and cracks
Filling in the blanks and gaps
And when I write them out they don't make sense
I need you to pencil in the rest

I'm working on drawing a straight line
And I'll draw until I get one right
It's bold and dark girl, can't you see
I done drawn a line between you and me

I'm working on erasing you
Just don't have the proper tools
I'll get hammered, forget that you exist
There's no way I'm forgetting this

I'm working hard on walking out
Shoes keep sticking to the ground
My clothes won't let me close the door
Cause the trousers seem to love your floor

I been working on my backwards walk
There's nowhere else for me to go
Except back to you just one last time
Say yes before I change my mind
Say yes before I...

You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it
You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it

Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby

2009-12-06T11:27:00.000-08:00

Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby

My tears are fallin' 'cause you've taken her away
And though it really hurts me so
There's something that I've gotta say

Take good care of my baby
Please don't ever make her blue
Just tell her that you love her
Make sure you're thinking of her
In everything you say and do

Aww, take good care of my baby
Now don't you ever make her cry
Just let your love surround her
Paint a rainbow all around her
Don't let her see a cloudy sky

Once upon a time that little girl was mine
If I'd been true, I know she'd never be with you

So, take good care of my baby
Be just as kind as you can be
And if you should discover
That you don't really love her
Just send my baby back home to me

Well, take good care of my baby
Be just as kind as you can be
And if you should discover
That you don't really love her
Just send my baby back home to me

Aww, take good care of my baby
Well, take good care of my baby
Just, take good care of my baby

Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder

2009-12-04T00:27:00.000-08:00

Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder

Thinkin' of blue thunder
Singin' to myself
Thinkin' how fast it moves
Feelin how it turns
I was singin' somethin
Out on Route 128
Thinkin how blue it looks
Singin out aloud

My my blue thunder
My my blue thunder
My my blue thunder
Singin' out aloud

My my blue thunder

My my blue thunder
My my blue thunder
Singin' out aloud

I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away
I'll drive so far away

Blue thunder
Blue thunder
Blue thunder
Blue thunder

Jim Croce - Operator

2009-12-01T16:27:00.000-08:00

Jim Croce - Operator

Operator, well could you help me place this call?
See, the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A. with my best old ex-friend Ray
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I’m fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Operator, could you help me place this call?
Well, I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes, you know it happens every time
I think about a love that I thought would save me

Isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I’m fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Operator, let's forget about this call
You see there's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time, ah, you've been so much more than kind
And you can keep the dime

Isn't that the way they say it goes?
Well, let's forget all that
And give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell 'em I’m fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I’ve learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Gucci Crew II - Sally (That Girl)

2009-11-27T22:18:00.000-08:00

Gucci Crew II - Sally (That Girl)

1, 2, 3
And I woke up early this morning and I went to the 5 and dime
I saw this pretty young lady that was real, real fine
I tapped her on the shoulder and said, “Mmm, mmm, excuse me, ma’am”
She pulled down her pants and said, “Splack these hands”
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
So we walked her to her house, as she opened up the door
It was heart-shaped bed in the middle of the floor
She pushed me on the bed and this you can bet
In between her legs was real, real wet
So I grabbed her by her thighs and I moved up truly
She jumped off the bed and said, “Don’t touch my booty
Don’t touch my booty ‘cause I won’t touch you
Don’t touch my booty ‘cause it’s not the thing to do”
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
So we bailed out her house just to get something to eat
We saw her friend named Patty walkin’ down the street
Patty turned around as we yelled out her name
She dropped to her knee and began to sing
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Sally is a girl that likes to play
And if you want some lovin’ Sally is okay
She has a different fellow every day of the week
Two or maybe three just to make it sweet
Sally wants a man she can call her own
And sixty-seven hundred she can call on the phone
Sally’s never tired and she’s never alone
All Sally wants is a fellow with a room
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
Whoa…oh…oh…oh…
Sally, whew, that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that-that girl-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that girl-that girl-that girl-that girl [Sally] (Sally)[Sally]
That-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl
Wait a second, get the party started
Gucci’s here to put the love in your body
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl (Sally)
That-that-that-that-that girl
That-that-that-that girl
That-that girl, that-that girl
That girl (Sally, Sally) [Sally]
(Sally)

Liz Phair - Divorce Song

2009-11-25T18:55:00.000-08:00

Liz Phair - Divorce Song

And when I asked for a separate room
It was late at night, and we'd been driving since noon
But if I'd known how that would sound to you
I would have stayed in your bed for the rest of my life
Just to prove I was right
That it's harder to be friends than lovers
And you shouldn't try to mix the two
'Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy
Then you know that the problem is you
And it's true that I stole your lighter
And it's also true that I lost the map
But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to
I had to take your word on that
But if you'd known how that would sound to me
You would have taken it back
And boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Burned it up and thrown it away
You put in my hands a loaded gun
And then told me not to fire it
When you did the things you said were up to me
And then accused me of trying to fuck it up
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright
And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead
But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright

Los Campesinos - The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future

2009-11-19T17:35:00.000-08:00

Los Campesinos - The Sea Is a Good Place to Think of the Future

I grabbed hold of her wrist and my hand closed from tip to tip
I said “you’ve taken the diet too far
you have got to let it slip”
But she’s not eating again
She’s not eating again
She’s not eating again
She’s not eating again.
I ask her to speak French and then I need her to translate
I get the feeling she makes the meaning more significant.
She was always far too pretty for me to believe in a single word she said
Believe a word she said.
At fourteen her mother died in a routine operation
From allergic reaction to a general anesthetic.
She spent the rest of her teens experimenting with prescriptions
In a futile attempt to know more than the doctors.
She said one day to leave her
Sand up to her shoulders waiting for the tide
To drag her to the ocean
To another sea’s shore.
This thing hurts like hell
But what did you expect?

And all you can hear is the sound of your own heart
And all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course
But oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me
Five hundred behind
A thousand years in perfect symmetry

Best known left wrist right finger
Through all the Southern States
On every video games machine they call her triple A.
There were racists on the radio trying to give up smoking
The chat show host
He joked “you have to wait for the government program”.
You talk about your politics
And I wonder if you could be one of them
But you could never kiss a Tory boy without wanting to cut off your tongue again.
A good place to look to the future is when you are sat at the sea
With the salt up to your ankles and a view of the end of the pier
You may look down at your model’s feet and wish that you’d just float away
And the weather here is overcast and the sea is the same shade of grey
So the landscape before you looks just like the edge of the world
But to the left side and the right side
Either way is a crazy golf course.
The sea is a good place to think of the future.

And all you can hear is the sound of your own heart
And all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course
But oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me
Five hundred behind
A thousand years in perfect symmetry
A thousand years no getting rid of me
A thousand years in perfect symmetry.

Silkworm - Nerves

2009-11-17T18:05:00.000-08:00

Silkworm - Nerves

No more simple tunes
No more easy poon
It takes so many millions to get laid

So many fools
It's time to lose the tools
I said give 'em hell boys on the Nile

Goddamn the circumstance
that brought me here
and goddamn you my friends

I'm wading through the herds
Choke on my dying words
Time at the mission thanking myself

Sharon Van Etten - Much More Than That

2009-06-18T12:44:00.000-07:00

Sharon Van Etten - Much More Than That

Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Please don’t take me lightly
I mean every word
Whichever way you’d like to place them
One day I’ll be a better writer
I’ll make every face
That I’ll never perfectly phrase
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
That I’ll never perfectly phrase

You reach for my hand slowly
I didn’t pull away
We did not have to be lips to face
My toe hit your toe lightly
Your toe met my heel right back
And I don’t think I need much more than that
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
And I don’t think I need much more than that

You look at me so slyly
But only when I’m smiling
Every other time your head looks down
I saw and then I frowned
I write this moment down
‘Cause I cannot paint pictures with my tongue
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh
No I cannot paint pictures with my tongue

Dan Deacon - Snookered

2009-06-16T04:09:00.000-07:00

Dan Deacon - Snookered

Been 'round this road so many times
Feel like it's skin is part of mine
This taste of milk is almost gone
Still got my shame, but not for long
Been wrong so many times before
But never quite like this
And oh
It rained...
But the rain all turned to piss

I hope to make it home one day
I doubt that day will come
I know, I know
Life is on our own

Red Red Meat - Gauze

2009-06-15T15:46:00.000-07:00

Red Red Meat - Gauze

Medicated dull, your attention
Dry winter miles, diamonds and glass
Cheaters hands, you never take care you never take care, stars are out
Spilling from afraid of flying
Trembling planes, diamonds and glass

Mink eyed, marble eyed
In the gauze, in the weeds
By the drain, red on pale
There’s a nail by the vent
Sweet for your heel, in the gauze marble eyed, waiting there
Kiss your mouth to shut you up

Crossed and lowered
Cheaters fine, wings on fire
The stars are out
Whisper stung in the wires
All you steal, you never take care

Mink eyed, marble eyed
In the gauze, in the weeds
By the drain, red on pale
There’s a nail by the vent
Sweet for your heel, in the gauze marble eyed, waiting there
Kiss your mouth to shut you up

The Antlers - Epilogue

2009-05-21T22:51:00.000-07:00

photo and post by krysten ryba

The Antlers - Epilogue

In a nightmare, I am falling from the ceiling into bed beside you.
You're asleep, I'm screaming, shoving you to try to wake you up.
And like before, you've got no interest in the life you live when you're awake.
Your dreams still follow story lines, like fictions you would make.

So I lie down against your back, until we're both back in the hospital.
But now it's not a cancer ward, we're sleeping in the morgue.
Men and women in blue and white, they are singing all around you,
with heavy shovels holding earth.
You're being buried to your neck.
In that hospital bed, being buried quite alive now.
I'm trying to dig you out but all you want is to be buried there together.

You're screaming,
and cursing,
and angry,
and hurting me,
and then smiling,
and crying,
apologizing.

I've woken up, I'm in our bed, but there's no breathing body there beside me.
Someone must have taken you while I was stuck asleep.
But I know better as my eyes adjust.
You've been gone for quite awhile now, and I don't work there in the hospital
(they had to let me go.)

When I try to move my arms sometimes, they weigh too much to lift.
I think you buried me awake (my one and only parting gift.)
But you return to me at night,
just when I think I may have fallen asleep.
Your face is up against mine,
and I'm too terrified to speak.

You're screaming,
and cursing,
and angry,
and hurting me,
and then smiling,
and crying,
apologizing.

Prince - When You Were Mine

2009-04-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

Prince - When You Were Mine

When you were mine
I gave you all of my money
Time after time
You done me wrong
It was just like a dream
You let all my friends come over and meet
And you were so strange
You didn't have the decency to change the sheets

Oh girl, when you were mine
I used to let you wear all my clothes
You were so fine (so fine)
Maybe that's the reason
That it hurt me so

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love u, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did
When you were mine

When you were mine
You were kinda sorta my best friend
So I was blind (so blind)
I let you fool around
I never cared (didn't care)
I never was the kind to make a fuss
When he was there
Sleeping in between the two of us

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did
When you were mine

When you were mine
U were all I ever wanted to do
Now I spend my time
Following him whenever he's with you

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more that I did
When you were mine

When you were mine, yeah, oh no
Love you, baby
Love you, baby
When you were mine

Weezer - The Good Life

2009-03-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

Weezer - The Good Life

When I look in the mirror, I can't believe what I see
Tell me, who's that funky dude, staring back at me?
Broken, beaten down can't even get around
Without an old-man cane, I fall and hit the ground
Shivering in the cold, I'm bitter and alone

Excuse the bitchin, I shouldn't complain
I should have no feeling, 'cause feeling is pain
As everything I need, is denied me
And everything i want, is taken away from me
But who do I got to blame? Nobody but me

…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!

Screw this crap, I've had it! I ain't no Mr. Cool
I'm a pig, I'm a dog, so 'scuse me if I drool
I ain't gonna hurt nobody, ain't gonna 'cause a scene
I just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
Hear me? Hear me? I want sugar in my tea!

…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!

I want to go back, I want to go back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I want to go back…Yeah!

…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
and I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!

Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers

2009-02-24T12:51:00.000-08:00

Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers

Bought a present for my guy
I bought him a pair of second hand boots
Those boots were white not pink
He liked to think, that he wore them well
He took them to the park, he wore them out
And played with the geese
Those geese were stupified
When he turned around and cried
That's not nice he said, that's not nice, what you did to me
That's not nice he said, that's not nice, the way you treat me
I'm alright he said, I'm alright, it's always been me
(ah ah ah ah)

Hey you, whats-your-face
I have a pocket full of fists, you got a stupid face
Hey you, know your place
You're like Kentucky fried chicken but without the taste
Hey you, get some grace,
You know you're driving miss daisy all over the place
Hey you, you're taking up space
And you're a fucking disappointment to the human race (oh!)

And everybody knows, Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers' the man
He's got a Californian jacket and a fortified tan
He met a friendly face in the Isle of Man
And then he took it to the states and started a band
He took it to a sushi bar named G.I Joe's
And then he took a bit of play-do and he stuck it up his nose

Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers
Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers Summers,
Jake Summers is the man, Jake Summers is the man,
He's the man with with the Californian jacket, his rock and roll band
Jake Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer
(Jake Summers is the man Jake Summers is the man
He can do he can do it he can do he can
With his rock and roll band
Jake Summers is the man oh yeah what a fucking man
He can take it to Apollo with a plectrum in his hand)
He's the man

That's not nice he said, that's not nice, what you did to me
That's not nice he said, that's not nice, the way you treat me
I'm alright he said, I'm alright, it's always been me
FFFFUUUCCCKKK!

Hey cutie what's with your nose
Take the focus off, take off your clothes
Hey baby what's with this smile
You know he smells like ham and he tastes like bile
Hey baby where's your cord you know you're a nightmare bungee breaking whore
Hey baby you were the bedroom king
Well I'm so sorry for breaking your ding-a-ling-a-ling

Andrew W.K. - Kiseki

2009-02-11T11:51:00.001-08:00

Andrew W.K. - Kiseki

I will wait
One more day
And I will only love you more

I feel so much already
It's hard to put it words

And the days
That we share
Make a trail for us to follow
Was our meeting just by chance
Or meant to be

The miracle of love
Has joined us and
Together we'll see
That the future is here
And we are just like Ki-Se-Ki

The miracle of love
Is you and me
Walking this road
Together we are living
And we're on the right track
Oh, Kiseki!

We went through a bad night
We still saw the sunlight
Even when I lost my way
You showed me how to find

The miracle of love, oh oh
The miracle of love, oh oh oh
We're following the stars
We're guided from above
We're a miracle of love
Happened to us

I remember
Every single precious day
And when I called you baby
Your eye looked like the moon

The days that we share
Make a trail for us to follow
Oh, was our meeting always meant to be

The miracle of love
Is you and me
Walking this road
Together we are living
And we're on the right track
Oh, Kiseki!

We went through a bad night
We still saw the sunlight
Even when I lost my way
You showed me how to find

For the next ten years I'll make you smile
For a hundred years I'll bring you joy
A thousand years I'll hold you close
Until the end of time - I will never leave

All I want is what we are
Living in eternal love
And sharing this amazing world
Sharing this amazing world
Sharing this amazing world with you

Oh, Kiseki!

We went through a bad night
We still saw the sunlight
Even when I lost my way
You showed me how to find

Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater

2009-02-03T15:41:00.000-08:00

Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater

When I heard the knock on the door
I couldn't catch my breath
Is it too late to call this off

We could slip away, wouldn't that be better
Me with nothing to say, and you in your autumn sweater

I tried my best to hide
In a crowded room, it's nearly possible
I wait for you, oh, most patiently

So I looked for your eyes
And the waves looked like they'd pour right out of them
I'll try hard, I'll try always
But it's a waste of time
It's a waste of time if I can't smile easily
Like in the beginning
In the beginning...

Eazy-E - Boyz N Tha Hood (G-Mix)

2009-01-29T19:07:00.000-08:00

photo by heidi sundstrom

Eazy-E - Boyz N Tha Hood (G-Mix)

Yeah, gangsta Dresta steps in this muthafucka
And this one goes out to all
The O.G.'s out there and
I can't forget about the baby gangstaz, what's up
Niggaz, my Nigga they came back with some of that
Old school original west coast shit
Nigga that got all of y'all in this dig in the
First place yeah so run that shit E, yeah

Cruisin' down tha street in my '64
Jackin' tha freaks clocking tha dough
Went to tha park tah get the scoop
Knuckleheads out there come shootin' some hoop
A car pulls up who can it be
A fresh El Camino rollin' Kilo G
He rolled down his window and he started to say
It's all about makin' that GTA

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

Straight up, straight up, straight up gangsta
Wrong nigga tah fuck wit
Straight up, straight up, straight up gangsta
Wrong nigga tah fuck wit

Dotomy's in tha place tah give me the pace
He said my man JD is on free-base
Tha boy JD was a friend of mine
'Til I caught him in my car trying tah steal a alpine
I chase him up tha street tah call a truce
Tha silly cluckhead pulls out a deuce deuce
Little did he know I had a loaded 12 gauge
One sucka dead L.A. Times front page

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

Punk, punk muthafuckaz like it ain't no thang,
Punk, punk muthafuckaz like it ain't no thang

Bored as fuck and I wanna get ill
So I went to a place where my homeboyz chill
Niggaz out there makin' that dolla'
I pulled up in my '64 Impala
They greet me wit a 40 and I start drinkin'
And from tha 8-ball my breath start stinkin'
Enough tah get my girl tah rock that body
Before I left I hit tha Bacardi
I went to her house tah get her out of the pad
Dumb hoe said something that made me mad
She said something that I couldn't believe
So I grabbed tha stupid bitch by her nappy-ass weave
She started talkin' shit what did ya know
Reached back like a pimp slapped tha hoe
Her father jumped up and he started tah shout
So I bombed on pops knocked his old ass out

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

And if a brotha talks shit I give him a,
And if a brotha talks shit I give him a,
And if a brotha talks shit I give him a

Now I'm rollin' hard now under control
Them wrapped tha '64 around a telephone pole
I looked at my car and I said,"Oh brother!"
Thrown in the gutter and go buy another
Walkin' home and I see tha G-ride
Now Kat is drivin' Kilo on tha side
As they busted a U they got pulled over
An undercover cop in a dark green Nova
Now Kat got beat for resisting arrest
He socked tha pig in tha head for rippin' his guess
Now he is caught for doing tha crime
For defense on tha boy he'll do some time

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck,
I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck,
I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck,
I'll punk you like that, don't give a fuck

I went tah get them out but there was no bail
My niggaz caused a riot in tha county jail
Two days later in municipal court
Kilo G on trial straight caught a fought
Instruct him out tha court said the judge
On a six year sentence my man didn't budge
Bailiff came over tah turn him in
Kilo G looked up and gave a grin
He yelled out fire then came Susie
Tha bitch came in wit a sub-machine uzi
Police shot tha girl but didn't hurt her
Both up state for attempted murder

Cuz tha boyz in tha hood are always hard
Ya come talkin' that trash we'll pull ya cord
Knowin' nuthin' in life but tah be legit
Don't quote me boy ''cause I ain't said shit

The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun

2009-01-27T10:09:00.000-08:00

The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun

She's not a girl who misses much
Do do do do do do- oh yeah
She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pane

The man in the crowd with the multi-colored mirrors
On his hobnail boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy
Working overtime
A soap impression of his wife which he ate
And donated to the National Trust

I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Down to the bits that I left uptown
I need a fix cause I'm going down
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun
Mother Superior jump the gun

Happiness is a warm gun
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun, momma
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
When I hold you in my arms
(Ooooooooohhh, oh yeah!)
And when I feel my finger on your trigger
I know nobody can do me no harm
Because happiness is a warm gun, momma
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
-Yes it is, it's a warm gun!
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Happiness is a warm, yes it is...
Gun!
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Well don't ya know that happiness is a warm gun, momma?
(Bang Bang Shoot Shoot)
Yeeeaahhh!

Sugar - Changes

2009-01-14T11:03:00.000-08:00

Sugar - Changes

I want something like I remember
And I want something
That lasts forever
I remember times you said
That you’d be true to me
Look at how the weather’s changing

Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes

I’m accustomed to your deception
Comes the rule with no exception
And I’ve been dragged across the river
Running far and wide
Come and see how I feel inside

Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes

Change for the better
Change for the worse
Changes with summer and fall
Now you’re a stranger
Spare me some change
So I can find someone to call my own

Changes, changes
Changes, changes
Changes, changes
Changes, changes
Changes, changes
Changes, changes

Now that winter has fallen upon us
Changes, changes
I need something that’s warm and honest
Changes, changes
And if I found someone who thinks
That they’ll be true to me
I really wouldn’t want to change it

Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes
I've got these
Changes, changes

I have seen I have seen
What these changes mean to me
If you’re thinking of changing
If you’re thinking of staying with me
We need to agree
We need to make some changes
We need what we need
Do I need you
Do you need me

Changes
These changes
Changes
These changes
Changes
These changes
Changes
Changes

The Chiffons - One Fine Day

2009-01-13T11:19:00.000-08:00

The Chiffons - One Fine Day

One fine day
You'll look at me
And you will know
Our love was meant to be
One fine day
You're gonna want me for your girl

The arms I long for
Will open wide
And you'll be proud
To have me by your side
One fine day
You're gonna want me for your girl

Though I know you're the kind of boy
Who only wants to run around
I'll keep waiting and someday, darling
You'll come to me
When you want to settle down, oh

One fine day
We'll meet once more
And then you'll want
The love you threw away before
One fine day
You're gonna want me for your girl

Ricky Nelson - Garden Party

2009-01-12T10:12:00.000-08:00

Ricky Nelson - Garden Party

I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
No one recognized me, I didn't look the same

But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself

People came from miles around, everyone was there
Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air
'n' over in the corner, much to my surprise
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise

Lott-in-dah-dah-dah, lot-in-dah-dah-dah

Played them all the old songs, thought that's why they came
No one heard the music, we didn't look the same
I said hello to "Mary Lou", she belongs to me
When I sang a song about a honky-tonk, it was time to leave

Lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)
Lot-in-dah-dah-dah

Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode
Playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell and lookin' like he should
If you gotta play at garden parties, I wish you a lotta luck
But if memories were all I sang, I rather drive a truck

Lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)
Lot-in-dah-dah-dah

And it's all right now, learned my lesson well
You see, ya can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Strange Overtones

2008-12-31T09:48:00.000-08:00

Brian Eno & David Byrne - Strange Overtones

I wake up every morning
I hear your feet on the stairs
You’re in the next apartment
I hear you singing over there

This groove is out of fashion
These beats are twenty years old
I saw you lend a hand to
The ones out standing in the cold

Strange overtones in the music you are playing
I’ll harmonize
It is strong and you are tough
But a heart is not enough

Put on your socks and mittens
It’s getting colder tonight
A snowball in my kitchen
I watched it melt before my eyes

Your song still needs a chorus
I know you’ll figure it out
The rising of the verses
A change of key will let you out

Strange overtones though they’re slightly out of fashion
I’ll harmonize
I see the music in your face
That your words cannot explain

Strange overtones in the music you are playing
We’re not alone
It is strong and you are tough
But a heart is not enough

Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out

2008-12-30T13:35:00.000-08:00

Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out

Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
We can work it out
We can work it out

Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night
We can work it out
We can work it out

Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again.
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out
We can work it out

Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out
We can work it out

The Brooke - Allergic to Love

2008-12-13T23:47:00.000-08:00

The Brooke - Allergic to Love

I'd like to talk to you
Like to let you know
How and when I follow you
Just what I'm thinking
And why and when I find you
From the corner of my eye
Seems to close right shut
I'm allergic to love

See it in the movies on TV
The TV in my room at night
The TV's always on all night
And it's all right

'Cause I'm alone when I'm not following you in the mall
Watching the waves stall
Watching everything and all

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

Arthur Russell - A Little Lost

2008-12-08T13:57:00.000-08:00

Arthur Russell - A Little Lost

I'm a little lost
Without you
That could be an understatement
Now I hope I have paid the cost
To let a day go on by and not
Call on you

'Cause I'm so busy, so busy
Thinking about kissing you
Now I want to do that
Without entertaining another thought

Out on the ocean surf
I'll have to pull myself together
Now it's harder I'm not on my turf
Just me and me and those big old waves
Rolling in

'Cause I'm so busy, so busy
Thinking about kissing you
Now I want to do that
Without entertaining another thought

It's so unfinished
Our love affair
A voice in me
Is telling me to
Run away
I hope your feeling isn't diminished
I hope you need someone in your life
Someone like me

'Cause I'm so busy, so busy
Thinking about kissing you
Now I want to do that
Without entertaining another thought

I'm a little lost
Without you
That could be an understatement
Now I hope I have paid the cost
To let a day go on by and not
Call on you

'Cause I'm so busy, so busy
Thinking about kissing you
Now I want to do that
Without entertaining another thought

Nice and Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow

2008-12-05T04:27:00.000-08:00

Nice and Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow

Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick

Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
I'm sweeter and thicker than a chico stick
Here's an ice cream cone honey take a lick
I go to Bay Plaza and catch a flick
Wore my Timberland boots so I can stomp ticks
Scandalous get a whiff of this mist
Just like the Yar Boys now I'm blissed
I feel good per say good state of mind
Drive a red Sterling and the seats recline
I love it when a lady treats me kind
Go to Tavern on the Green, I have a glass of wine
He say, she say I heard it through the grapevine
No static, got an automatic
Too much of anything makes you an addict
Teasin, skeezing, all so pleasin'
Don't ask why, I got my own reasons
Smooth B Greg Nice Slick Nick click
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick...

Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick

Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
I was on 125 and Saint Nick
Waiting on a cab, standing in the rain
Under my heart three clouds of pain
She got the best of me
What was her destiny?
Maybe I should lick her with my nine millime...ter
My mind is in a blur
Cause you could never pay me to think this would occur
Me and this girl Jane Doe was living together
We were inseparable, no one could sever
At least that's what I thought
But later I fought with her substance
And almost ended up in Supreme Court
When I was on the road doing shows getting ends
She was in my benz getting sniffy with her friends
And even when she crashed my whip I didn't flip
My man Slick Nick said Smooth you're starting to slip
Time went on I started noticing weight loss
Then I had to ask her was she riding the white horse
At first she said no, then she said yo Smooth I'm sorry
But I keep having visions of snow
I need blow
And I said woah little hottie
I'm not DeLorian, Gambino or Gotti
I don't deal coke, and furthermore you're making me broke
I'll put you in a rehab and I won't tell your folks
And what do you know
In 18 months she came home and I let her back in
And now she's sniffing again...

Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick
Sometimes I rhyme slow sometimes I rhyme quick

Nine Inch Nails - Wish

2008-12-04T04:27:00.000-08:00

Nine Inch Nails - Wish

This is the first day of my last days
I built it up now I take it apart
Climbed up real high
Now fall down real far

No need for me to stay
The last thing left I just threw it away
I put my faith in God and my trust in you
Now there's nothing more fucked up I could do

Wish there was something real
Wish there was something true
Wish there was something real
In this world full of you

I'm the one without a soul
I'm the one with this big fucking hole
No new tale to tell
Twenty-six years on my way to hell
Gotta listen to your big time, hard line, bad luck fist fuck
Don't think you're having all the fun
You know me I hate everyone

Wish there was something real
Wish there was something true
Wish there was something real
In this world full of you

I want to but I can't turn back
But I want to, but I can't turn back

Wish there was something real
Wish there was something true
Wish there was something real
In this world full of you

Black Milk - Losing Out featuring Royce Da 5'9"

2008-12-03T04:45:00.000-08:00

Black Milk - Losing Out featuring Royce Da 5'9"

Well how do you think
I feel about what's been going on
Let's talk about me for a minute
Well how do you think
I feel about what's gone wrong

Let's talk about you and your problems
All that I seem to do is spend the night
Just talking 'bout you and your problems
No matter what I say I can't get it right

Don't think about losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's...

Let's talk about who's the most underestimated
Plus underrated city in this hip-hop game
Let's talk about I don't know if these industry mofos overlook us
'Cause they might be afraid
They know if we get the spot like that
You might not get your spotlight back for a couple decades
Let's talk about auburn, a-burn now it's Detroit's turn
Like Berry Gordy came back
Don't think about comparing us to another metropolitan area
Or anywhere on this globe
Let's talk about us breaking barriers spitting sick as malaria
Spitting you not even spitting a cold
Let's talk about how they make the masses attracted to the wack
Like the magnet it a sad mission
Just talking about how I mastered these massive lyrics advanced
Like you in the class with a mathematician
Just think about

...Losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one...

We beat up beats like this all the time
And you got a few more minutes of abuse
My nigga Royce where you at
Right here my nigga

Let's talk about I got more cases in a motherfuckin' AR clip
Than they got on our mayor
Let's talk about if from the D and you don't fuck with hex
Trick a leave, then you probably a square
Let's talk about the metropolitan area venereal spitter
Still Proof's burial bitter - poof
Talk about me, I'm a be on your ass
Trouble sales I'm a make I to the double L
Don't think about tussling with a head-buster
Who got more muscle than Cool J double L
You get popped like that, take off your whole top like back
Nobody what the hell
Let's talk about making niggas hard earned money always
Putting money on heads like I'm paying their barber
Talking about cotton mouth hangover Range Rover 750
When I hit the streets game over, nigga I ain't never losing out

...Losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one...

Let's talk about the best or worst started from birth
With the gift and the curse now I'm spitting the verse
Just to talk about whenever I'm spitting the verse feels
Like my words is splitting the earth in two
God I'm talking about fools that rap dude that manages to soul clap
Who when messes the boom-bap-boom
Like --- with the crack moves in the street
Niggas pull heat longer than Shaq's shoes
Don't think about bringing out the niners 'cuz we about clean 'em out
Phone calls could lead to a red shirt wringing out
Gun shots, tech pert, expert leaning out the window
Bringing my inner demon out
Talking about how we got it mastered, the fact that whenever
Me and Black do a track it's a classic
Talking about my life nigga, no sound real or rider
With the four pound thriller like Mike - out

...Losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one who's losing out
I'm the one...

Let's talk about me for a minute
Well how do you think
I feel about what's been going on
Let's talk about me for a minute
Well how do you think
I feel about what's gone wrong

Let's talk about you and your problems
All that I seem to do is spend the night
Just talking 'bout you and your problems
No matter what I say I can't get it right

Marnie Stern - Ruler

2008-12-02T04:39:00.000-08:00

Marnie Stern - Ruler

I have not slept for nights.
I have money - want to show a good time.
That is right, nothing can hold me down.
I'll drag your body into the wild west.
But we will get out alive, this much I know.

Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...

Grabbing victory out of the jaws of defeat.
Is there no way out of the mind?
There are things to find,
Chaos is a friend of mine.
Grabbing victory out of the jaws of defeat.
Is there no way out of the mind?
There are things to find,
Chaos is a friend of mine.

It takes pressure to make a diamond out of coal.
Staring through clothes, I can see hearts where I go.
What I need now is a gut feeling to let me know.
What I need now is a gut feeling to let me know.

Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...

Grabbing victory out of the jaws of defeat.
Is there no way out of the mind?
There are things to find,
Chaos is a friend of mine.
Grabbing victory out of the jaws of defeat.
Is there no way out of the mind?
There are things to find,
Chaos is a friend of mine.

I have not slept for nights.
I look back over my shoulder just once,
what I can't see is chase
I have not slept for nights.
I look back over my shoulder just once,
what I can't see is chasing me down
I'll drag your body into the civil war.
But we will get out alive - this much I know.

Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...

Grabbing victory out of the jaws of defeat.
Is there no way out of the mind?
There are things to find,
Chaos is...

Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...
Ruler of the...

The Gothic Archies - Shipwrecked

2008-12-01T00:20:00.000-08:00

The Gothic Archies - Shipwrecked

I can't think of a single thing I'd rather do
Than to be cast away on an island with you
No, I can't think of anything more heavenly
Than to have you shipwrecked on a tropical island with me

Shipwrecked with you
Shipwrecked with you
I can't think of a single thing I'd rather do
Than to be cast away on an island with you

Far from distractions and matters of state
We can quit smoking and quickly lose weight
Sleeping till noon and then staying up late
At latitude zero and longitude eight

I am a gentleman; should you get hurt
I'll make a tourniquet out of my shirt
You needn't do much, just sit there and flirt
And if it looks drizzly, I'll build us a yurt

I can't think of a single thing I'd rather do
And that's why I had to get rid of the crew
So I lopped off their heads
And dropped them into the sea
Just to have you
Shipwrecked on a tropical island with me

Shipwrecked with you
Shipwrecked with you
I can't think of a single thing I'd rather do
And that's why I decapitated the crew

How could I know there's no island nearby?
If I don't eat something soon, I'll just die
I wouldn't eat you, oh, never, not I!
So let's catch a shark and I'll make us a pie

What shall we use for bait? Lend me a hand
I'll sew it back on when we get to land
But if the shark takes it, that would be grand
(Because we won't starve to death, you understand)

I can't think of a single thing I wouldn't do
To end up shipwrecked on an island with you
No, there's nobody I wouldn't kill, nobody
Just to have you
Shipwrecked on a tropical island with me

Shipwrecked with you
Shipwrecked with you
I can't think of a single thing I wouldn't do
To end up shipwrecked on an island with you
Again...

The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

2008-11-27T14:15:00.000-08:00

The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
And they're young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
Anymore

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people and I
Want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please don't drop me home
Because its not my home, it's their
Home, and I'm welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought oh god, my chance has come at last
But then a strange fear gripped me and I
Just couldn't ask

Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one,
Oh, I haven't got one

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine

Oh, there is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out
There is a light and it never goes out

The Drifters - Up On The Roof

2008-11-24T10:06:00.000-08:00

photo by emily carlson

The Drifters - Up On The Roof

When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there the world below can't bother me
Let me tell you now

When I come home feelin' tired and beat
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (Up on the roof)
I get away from the hustling crowd
And all that rat-race noise down in the street (Up on the roof)
On the roof, the only place I know
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Let's go up on the roof (Up on the roof)

At night the stars put on a show for free
And, darling, you can share it all with me

I keep a-tellin' you

Right smack dab in the middle of town
I've found a paradise that's trouble proof (Up on the roof)
And if this world starts getting you down
There's room enough for two
Up on the roof (Up on the roof)
Up on the roof (Up on the roof)
Oh, come on, baby (Up on the roof)
Oh, come on, honey (Up on the roof)
Everything is all right (Up on the roof)

Rachael Yamagata - Quiet

2008-11-17T07:17:00.000-08:00

photo by john krause

Rachael Yamagata - Quiet

Baby says I can't come with him

And I had read all of this in his eyes

Long before he even said so

Why go, I asked

You know and I know why

And it'll be just as quiet when I leave

As it was when I first got here

I don't expect anything

Take careI've been hurt before

Too much time spend on closing doors

You may hate me,

but I'll remember to love you

Goodbye

Don't cry

You know why

And it'll be just as quiet when I leave

As it was when I first got here

I don't expect anything

All the waves of blame arrange as broken scenery

As they steal your best memories away

What if I was someone different in your only history?

Would you feel the same

As I walk out the door

Never to see your face again

And it'll be just as quiet when I leave

As it was when I first got here

It'll be just as quiet when I leave

As it was when I first got here

I don't expect anything

I don't expect anything to change when I leave

Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel No. 2

2008-11-14T03:21:00.000-08:00

Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel No. 2

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
You were talking so brave and so sweet,
Giving me head on the unmade bed,
While the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
We were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
Probably still is for those of them left.

Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
You just turned your back on the crowd,
You got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
And all of that jiving around.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
You were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
But for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
We are ugly but we have the music."

And then you got away, didn't you babe
You just turned your back on the crowd,
You got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
And all of that jiving around.

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
That's all, I don't even think of you that often.

Sunset Rubdown - Empty Threats of Little Lord

2008-11-12T06:55:00.000-08:00

photo by john krause

Sunset Rubdown - Empty Threats of Little Lord

If I ever hurt you
It will be in self-defense
If I ever hurt youIt will be in self-defense
Podiums as high as the gallows are low
Swing low, swing low, swing low.
You are a beast and
I am serving up your supper
You are a beast and I am serving up your supper
Oh, oh, oh…
What will you do when they drink us all down?
Will you slam your fist down on the table?
‘Cause I’m not that kind of whore
No, I’m not that kind of whore
No, I’m not that kind of whore
But I am a little lord.
No, I’m not that kind of whore
But I am a little lord.
No, I’m not that kind of whore
But I am a little lord.
Lord, grant me, gracious,I am burning up inside.
There are snakes out in the night;
All these kids have gone astray;
There are women with no meaning to their names
When we say them… they are worse to win
For never over sinful days…
So if I ever hurt you
It will be in self-defense
And if I ever hurt you
It will be in self-defense
If you ever come at me
I will hurt you
If you ever come at me
I will hurt you
If you ever come at me,
You snake.
You snake
You snake
You snake
I wish you the best, you snake.
You are self-professed, you snake.
My heart’s in my chest, you snake.
You can have the rest, you snake.
I wish you the best, you snake.
You are self-professed, you snake.
My heart’s in my chest, you snake
You can have the rest, you snake…

Bon Iver - Skinny Love

2008-11-07T07:32:00.000-08:00

photo by john krause

Bon Iver - Skinny Love

Come on skinny love just last the year

Pour a little salt we were never here

My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my

Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

I tell my love to wreck it all

Cut out all the ropes and let me fall

My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my

Right in the moment this order's tall

I told you to be patient

I told you to be fine

I told you to be balanced

I told you to be kind

In the morning i'll be with you

But it will be a different "kind"

I'll be holding all the tickets

And you'll be owning all the fines

Come on skinny love what happened here

Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere

My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my

Sullen load is full; so slow on the split

I told you to be patient

I told you to be fine

I told you to be balanced

I told you to be kind

Now all your love is wasted?

Then who the hell was i?

Now i'm breaking at the britches

And at the end of all your lines

Who will love you?

Who will fight?

Who will fall far behind?

The Flaming Lips - The Spiderbite Song

2008-11-03T05:09:00.000-08:00

The Flaming Lips - The Spiderbite Song

When you got that spider bite on your hand
I thought we would have to break up the band
To lose your arm would surely upset your brain
The poison then could reach your heart from a vein

I was glad that it didn’t destroy you
How sad that would be
Cause if it destroyed you
It would destroy me

When you had that accident in your car
That whole thing just really seemed too bizarre
Dodging holes and telephone poles through the dash
A million to one that you would survive such a crash

I was glad that it didn’t destroy you
How sad that would be
Cause if it destroyed you
It would destroy me

When you fell in love, it was so sweet
So devoted, completely swept off your feet
Love is the greatest thing a heart can know
But the hole that it leaves in its absence can make you feel so low

And I was glad that it didn’t destroy you
How sad that would be
Cause if it destroyed you
It would destroy me

Outkast - Elevators (Me and You)

2008-10-31T09:38:00.000-07:00

Outkast - Elevators (Me and You)

One for the money yes uh two for the show
A couple of years ago on Headland and Delowe
Was the start of something good
Where me and my nigga rodes the MARTA, through the hood
Just trying ta find that hookup
Now everyday we look up at the ceiling
Watching ceiling fans go around trying ta catch that feeling
Off instrumental, had my pencil, and plus my paper
We caught the 86 Lithonia headed to Decatur
Writing rhymes trying ta find our spot off in that light
Light off in that spot, known that we could rock
Doing the hole in the wall clubs, this shit here must stop
Like freeze, we making the crowd move but we not making no G's
And that's a nono

Yeah, uh, check it
Ah one two, ah one two doe, niggaz
In the Cadillac they call us went from Player's Ball to ballers
Putting the South up on the map was like Little Rock to banging
Niggaz say motherfuck that playing, they paying
We stay in layin vocals, locals done made it with them big boys
Up in this industry, Outkast yea dem niggaz they making big noise
Over a million sold to this day, niggaz they take it lightly
Ninety-six gon be that year that all y'all playa haters can bite me
...around this bitch

Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors
Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors

Back in the day when I was younger, hunger
Looking to fill me belly with that Rally's, bullshit, pull shit
Off like it was supposed to be pulled
Full as a tick I was, stoned like white boys
Smoking them white golds before them blunts got crunk, chunky asses
Passes getting thrown like Hail Mary's and they looking like Halle Berry
So so fine, intertwined, but we ain't sipping wine
We's just chilling, I'm the rabid villain, and I'm so high
Smoking freely, me Lil B, Greet, Mon and Shug
And my little brother James, thangs changed in the hood
Where I live at, them rats know, mama I want to sing but
Mama I want to trick, and mama I'm sucking dicks, now
We movin on up in da world like elevators
Me and the crew we pimps like eighty-two
Me and you like Tony Toni Tone
Like this Eastpointe and we gone

Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors
Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors

Got stopped at the mall the other day
Heard a call from the other way
That I just came from, some nigga was saying something
Talking bout "Hey man, you remember me from school?" smoke some
Naw not really but he kept smiling like a clown
Facial expression looking silly
And he kept asking me, what kind of car you drive, I know you paid
I know y'all got buku of hoes from all them songs that y'all done made
And I replied that I had been going through the same thing that he had
True I got more fans than the average man but not enough loot to last me
To the end of the week, I live by the beat like you live check to check
If you don't move yo' foot then I don't eat, so we like neck to neck
Yes we done come a long way like them slim ass cigarettes
from Virginia, this ain't gon' stop so we just gonna continue

Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors
Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors
Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors
Me and you, your momma and your cousin too
Rollin down the strip on vogues
Coming up slamming Cadillac doors

Cut Copy - Lights and Music

2008-10-30T04:52:00.000-07:00

Cut Copy - Lights and Music

This is why we won’t delay for your birthday
The secrets that we held that day will be kept straight
All your friends have gone away so let's celebrate
You're holding hope open for the one making you wait

This is what you hoped to say on your birthday
The secrets that we held that day will be kept straight
Everyone will be dismayed if your promise breaks
But you'll be back again to say who you want next

Lights and music
Are on my mind
Be my baby
One more time

Lights and music
Are on my mind
Be my baby
One more time

Fading with the colour you see in my face
Cold and crystal you cant hide as your tears race
I'll be waiting by in time but your dream's away
You're holding hope open for the one making you wait

Lights and music
Are on my mind
Be my baby
One more time

Lights and music
Are on my mind
Be my baby
One more time

Jawbreaker - Busy

2008-10-29T05:06:00.000-07:00

photo by jill russell

Jawbreaker - Busy

When all the consoling places
Lose their charm and change their faces
The world becomes too cruel to bear
And something in you starts to tear
When nothing seems to be quite worth it
And sleep becomes the only sure thing
I'm here to help you out of it
Come and see me for a lift
We're all close to the end
Don't you need a friend?
Honor your allegiances
Everyone is drowning in sand
Couldn't you use a hand!
Please don't make a guess
When changes make the world a stranger
No one calls and your life's in danger
If the money's gone without a trace
And your longing for a familiar face
Cars collide and people die
You begin to shake 'til you start to cry
If disasters only start to multiply
My door is open drop on by
Sad again you're sad again
Hey you're breaking down
Your eyes betray your new smile
When keeping up is killing you
And you need a ruling without a clue
When cool means being dead
And your better thoughts are better left unsaid
If you're sad to see your gun's unloaded
Tried to drown but you only floated
If the world is only getting colder
I'd like to offer you a dry shoulder
Whoah!

Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind

2008-10-28T05:08:00.000-07:00

Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind

Something told me it was over
When I saw you and her talkin'
Something deep down in my soul said, 'Cry, girl'
When I saw you and that girl walkin' around

Whoo, I would rather, I would rather go blind, boy
Then to see you walk away from me, child, no

Whoo, so you see, I love you so much
That I don't wanna watch you leave me, baby
Most of all, I just don't, I just don't wanna be free, no

Whoo, whoo, I was just, I was just, I was just
Sittin here thinkin', of your kiss and your warm embrace, yeah
When the reflection in the glass that I held to my lips now, baby
Revealed the tears that was on my face, yeah

Whoo and baby, baby, I'd rather, I'd rather be blind, boy
Then to see you walk away, see you walk away from me, yeah
Whoo, baby, baby, baby, I'd rather be blind...

Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie

2008-10-24T10:21:00.000-07:00

photo by julie barros

Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie

I'm waiting for the train
Subway that only goes one way
The stupid thing that'll come to pull us apart
And make everybody late

You spent everything you had
Wanted everything to stop that bad
Now I'm a crashed credit card registered to Smith -
Not the name that you called me with

You turned white like a saint
I'm tired of dancing on a pot of gold-flaked paint
Oh we're so very precious, you and I
And everything that you do makes me want to die
Oh I just told the biggest lie
I just told the biggest lie
The biggest lie

Fiona Apple - Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)

2008-10-17T05:09:00.000-07:00

Fiona Apple - Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)

Those boon times went bust
My feet of clay, they dried to dust
The red isn’t the red we painted its just rust
And the signature thing
That used to bring a following
I have trouble now even remembering

So why did I kiss him so hard
Late last Friday night
And keep on letting him change all my plans
I'm either so sick in the head
I need to be bled dry to quit
Or I just really used to love him
I sure hope that’s it

I knew that to keep in touch
Would do me deep in Dutch
Cuz it isn’t the rush of remembering
Its just mush
And that signature thing
Is only growing harrowing
I should have no trouble now
To keep from following

So why did I kiss him so hard
Late last Friday night
And keep on letting him change all my plans
I'm either so sick in the head
I need to be bled dry to quit
Or I just really used to love him
I sure hope that’s it

Those boon times went bust
My feet of clay, they dried to dust
The red isn’t the red we painted its just rust
And the signature thing
That used to bring a following
I have trouble now
Even remembering

So why did I kiss him so hard
Late last Friday night
And keep on letting him change all my plans
I'm either so sick in the head
I need to be bled dry, to quit
Or I just really used to love him
Or I just really used to love him
Or I just really used to love him
I sure hope that’s it

John Prine - Please Don't Bury Me

2008-10-16T10:01:00.000-07:00

John Prine - Please Don't Bury Me

Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
And oh what a feeling!
When my soul
Went through the ceiling
And on up into heaven I did ride
When I got there they did say
John, it happened this way
You slipped upon the floor
And hit your head
And all the angels say
Just before you passed away
These were the very last words
That you said

Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd rather have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my stomach to Milwaukee
If they run out of beer
Put my socks in a cedar box
Just get "em" out of here
Venus de Milo can have my arms
Look out! I've got your nose
Sell my heart to the junkman
And give my love to Rose

Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd rather have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye

Please don't bury me
Down in that cold cold ground
No, I'd rather have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around
Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
And the deaf can take both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Charles Mingus - Better Get It in Yo' Soul

2008-10-15T05:01:00.000-07:00

Charles Mingus - Better Get It in Yo' Soul

Captain Beefheart - Frownland

2008-10-03T05:05:00.000-07:00

Captain Beefheart - Frownland

My smile is stuck
I cannot go back t' yer Frownland
My spirit's made up of the ocean
And the sky 'n the sun 'n the moon
'n all my eye can see
I cannot go back to yer land of gloom
Where black jagged shadows
Remind me of the comin' of yer doom
I want my own land
Take my hand 'n come with me
It's not too late for you

It's not too late for me
To find my homeland
Where uh man can stand by another man
Without an ego flyin'
With no man lyin'
And no one dyin' by an earthly hand
Let the devils burn 'n the beggar learn
And the little girls that live in those old worlds
Take my kind hand
My smile is stuck
I cannot go back t' yer Frownland
I cannot go back t' yer Frownland

Bonde Do Role - Solta O Frango

2008-10-02T05:03:00.000-07:00

Bonde Do Role - Solta O Frango

A gente somos linda
A gente somos inteligente
A gente somos o trio mais foda
A gente somos delinqüente
Alegria da moçada, da perua favelada
Nosso som é fantasia pra mamãe mamãe titia

Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente
Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente

Nóis é tipo bem jesus,
Todo mundo a gente ama,
Inda mais se for gatinha,
Rola até levar pra cama,

A gente topa tudo
Sapatão a bigodudo
Na hora do piriri
Cai ni min ô travesti

Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente
Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente

A gente somos linda
A gente somos inteligente
Antes de dar o edi
Eu jurava que era crente
Alegria da moçada, da perua favelada
Nosso som é fantasia pra mamãe mamãe titia

Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente
Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente
Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente
Rolê, rolê, rolê
Solta o frango e vem com a gente

James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet

2008-09-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet

Pull the string and I'll wink at you, I'm your puppet
I'll do funny things if you want me to, I'm your puppet

I'll be yours to have and to hold
Darling you've got full control of your puppet

Pull another string and I'll kiss your lips, I'm your puppet
Snap your finger and I'll turn you some flips, I'm your puppet

Your every wish is my command
All you gotta do is wiggle your little hand
I'm your puppet, I'm your puppet

I'm just a toy, just a funny boy
That makes you laugh when you're blue
I'll be wonderful, do just what I'm told
I'll do anything for you
I'm your puppet, I'm your puppet

Pull them little strings and I'll sing you a song, I'm your puppet
Make me do right or make me do wrong, I'm your puppet

Treat me good and I'll do anything
I'm just a puppet an you hold my string, I'm your puppet
Yeah, I'm your puppet

Walking, talking, living, loving puppet
I'm hanging on a string girl, I'll do anything now

I'm a walking, talking, living, loving puppet, and I love you

I'm a smiling happy face when you want me to
Even make you happy when you're feeling blue

Wale - The Kramer

2008-09-22T05:00:00.000-07:00

photo by jill russell

Wale - The Kramer

Shut up!
50 years ago, they'd have you upside down with a fucking fork up your ass!
You can talk, you can talk, you can talk, you're brave now, motherfucker!
Who's loud talking?
The nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger!
A nigger, look, there's a nigger!

The color of my skin, content of my character,
Dream of a King's been a nightmare for anyone
White with a badge or anyone
Slightly affected by the tide to this race that I'm running in,
Pardon me, y'all, the racists I run against,
The race war, when it's us against all of them,
They subconsciously low talk us,
And probably all think as Kramer did still but won't talk it,
And first off, I ain't trying to be conscious,
Speaking heart with a conscience, talking to you,
This dark content for those of dark complexion,
Who's x-ed off, Rip, who gon' listen to us?
Who gon' speak for us? Who gon' plead for us?
Who gon' be the Head N.I.C. for us?
Who gon' defend us from crooked police on us?
I'm just an insecure N-I-G-er

Please listen to me, please listen to me,
Please listen to me, N-I-G-er
Please listen to me, who gon' listen to me?
Who gon' listen to me, N-I-G-er
Listen to me, who gon' listen to me?
Who gon' listen to me, N-I-G-er
Who gon' listen to me, who gon' listen to me?
Who gon' listen to me, N-I-G-er

Hey,and P say that I should stop saying nigga,
But if I did, what would be the difference?
I'd still be a nigga, he'd still be a nigga in his feelings,
I'd still be a nigga with no deal tryin' to get one,
There'd still be niggas out killing,
And still be white people still out to get us,
And still be niggas saying whites tryin' to get us,
And still be lazy and paranoid niggas,
I'm paramount, nigga, I am, and you can't be mad,
Cuz I choose the word nigga, lemme air it out, nigga,
Nigga ain't bad, see, niggas just had,
A clever idea to take something they said,
Into something we have, something we flipped
Into something with swag, nigga, don't be mad,
Bitches ain't shit, but women ain't bitches,
See, women are the queens, and bitches just bitches,
And bitches say bitch like bitch is not offensive,
When niggas say bitch, all of the sudden, they offended,
And niggas say nigga to a nigga,
A nigga write nigga in a lyric, expect the white boy to omit it,
The white boy spit it like he spit it,
Recite it to his friends who, by the way, ain't niggas,
And say nigga, nigga, nigga, my favorite rapper did it,
And non-nigga friends got it with him,
Incorporate this lyric to their everyday living,
Until a black friend kinda hear it, just a tidbit,
He thinks aw, forget it, it's so insignificant and little,
The white boy sees this as a clearance, now it's
Nigga, nigga, nigga, every single day,
And that little nigga nigga, thinks it's okay,
And he's the only nigga in this particular grade,
And it begins to phase him more each day,
The things they say went a little too far,
He couldn't tell the difference between an a or er,
So they just keep going, saying nigga in his face,
There's nothing he can do, he let it get away,
It came to the point he couldn't look 'em in the face,
The mirror made him hurl, his reflection disgraceful,
Yeah, and make sure everything you say,
Can't be held against you in any kind of way,
And any connotation is viewed many ways,
Cuz under every nigga, there's a little bit of Kramer,
Self-hatred...I hate you...and myself...
Niggas...

Uh, I lost my temper onstage, I was at, uh,
A comedy club trying to, um, do my act
And I got heckled and I, I, I took it badly and went into a, a rage...
And uh, uh...said some pretty, uh...nasty things to some Afro-Americans,
A lot of trash talk...
For this to happen, for me to be in a comedy club and flip out and say this crap,
You know, I'm...I'm deeply, deeply sorry...

Atlas Sound - Holiday

2008-09-19T04:49:00.000-07:00

Atlas Sound - Holiday

I scared my parents
Now my parents are away
So you come over
We'll have a perfect holiday
I take you down
To the frozen lake
I'll hold the knife
To your perfect fucking face
To you perfect fucking face

I scared my parents
Now my parents are away
So you come over
We'll have a groovy holiday
A sixty El Camaro
Drive off into the sunset
On this perfect day
Oh please don't try to get away
Please please don't try to get away

I watched your parents
I know your parents are way
So I'll come over
We'll have a perfect holiday
I watch you bleed
On your knees
I watch you sneeze
Oh please don't try to get away
Please please don't try to get away
I'm desperate don't try to get away
We're all desperate don't try to get away

Kasey Chambers - The Captain

2008-09-18T04:32:00.000-07:00

Kasey Chambers - The Captain

Well I don't have as many friends because
I'm not as pretty as I was
I've kicked myself at times because I've lied
So I will have to learn to stand my ground
I'll tell 'em I won't be around
I'll move on over to your town and hide

And you be the Captain
And I'll be no one
And you can carry me away if you want to
And you can lay low
Just like your father and if
I tread upon your feet you just say so
'Cos you're The Captain, I am no-one,
I tend to feel as though I owe one to you

Well I have handed all my efforts in
I searched here for my second wind
Is there somewhere here to let me in I asked
So I slammed the doors they slammed at me
I found the place I'm meant to be
I figured out my destiny at last

Did I forget to thank you for the ride
I hadn't tried I tend to runaway and hide

Gravediggaz - Bang Your Head

2008-09-17T04:32:00.000-07:00

photo by nick fries

Gravediggaz - Bang Your Head

Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!

Rzarector!
You are not the same that I was when I was younger
I'm old with the Clan from my land, down under
Deep in the darkness, just like you regardless
Of who? It's obvious! Wee... ha!
So lounge in my burial ground, boy, my despot
I build a house on top, of Salem's Lot
Front porch, bloody, back yard, muddy
Like Amityville, a family kills
Force of humanity, drove me to insanity
Duel in all my rivalries, I speak of profanity
Motherfuck this! Motherfuck that! Bang your, head!

Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!

Here comes the killer with the GraveDigga sword, gimme room
Like devils in a Ouiji board I'm spellin' doom
Ever since sick, throwin' mad stones
And sick catchin' vex on a graveyard shift
Thinkin' ain't a new phenom because my crew is on
Spots'll blow like nuclear bombs
With the killer instinct, rhymes are in sync
B-B-B-B-Bang your head til it shrinks!
Midnight marauder, bodies are gettin' slaughtered
Bring a cross and a bucket of holy water
You'll still'a be cajoled, 'cause the motherfuckin' Gravediggaz
Snatch up your body, just like a clepto
Let's go, to the graveyard spot
Count up the knots, on the bodies that got dropped
So bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!

Gatekeep!
Yo,I creep with the evil intent to represent
The course, the night, a swarm with the dark force
The killer brigade, twelve o'clock starts the raid
Torches lit over your grave
Feel no pain those exposed to the raven
Deep in every step, a blunt like Wes Craven
Yo! I eject the fume that spells doom
The wickedest flow, sweep, ya up like a broom
'Cause in the shadowy graves, of Medina high
You're one step away from the arena of death
Boom, bang! Here I am, the berserk
The ruthless killer, I do work
Dark forces thick, motherfuckers for real
Here's a tale from the crypt, bang your head!

Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!
Bang your head... bang, your, head!

Dead Milkmen - If You Love Someone Set Them On Fire

2008-09-16T04:32:00.000-07:00

Dead Milkmen - If You Love Someone Set Them On Fire

Know that it would be untrue
Know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
I didn't set your house on fire

But it's just the way I am
Have to take it for a fact
Life can really burn you up
When you're a pyromaniac
So...

If you love somebody
Better set them on fire

I went to your house last night
Dad called me the human torch
Got a little pissed at him
So I burned down your front porch

Now I feel a little better
About throwin' gas on your dad
But you know it's hard to quit
And besides he started it

I just bought a brand new lighter
And I just can't wait to use it
With a can a' kerosene it's lots a' fun
You can't refuse it

Oily rags are special things
You know to me they're diamond rings
Maybe we can have some fun
Maybe we can burn someone
So...

If you love somebody
Better set them on fire

Know that it would be untrue
Know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
I didn't set your dad on fire

If you love somebody
Better set them on fire

If you love somebody
Why not set them on fire?

If you love somebody
Better set them on fire

If you love somebody
Why not set them on fire

Chad VanGaalen - Molten Light

2008-09-15T04:32:00.000-07:00

Chad VanGaalen - Molten Light

They dumped her body into the molten light
Floated to the surface and it did not ignite
She rose up slowly and walked to the shore
She stood up on the bank and whispered
I’ll find you and I’ll kill you
I’ll find you and I’ll kill you
I’ll find you and I’ll kill you

They ran back into town and hid in the church
They explained their situation and they feared for the worst
The priest told the brothers that she could not be killed
She flew out of the stone cold ground and
She’ll find you and she’ll kill you
She’ll find you and she’ll kill you
She’ll find you and she’ll kill you

Oh oh oh oh...

There was a knock at that door that shook through their hearts
She blew it right open and put it apart
She shot a string of flame from the center of her chest
As she watched their bodies burn she whispered
I found you and I killed you
I found you and I killed you
I found you and I killed you

The Temptations - Since I Lost My Baby

2008-09-10T05:03:00.000-07:00

photo by jill russell

The Temptations - Since I Lost My Baby

The sun is shining, there's plenty of light (Oh yeah)
A new day is dawning, sunny and bright (Oh yeah)
But after I've been crying all night
The sun is cold, and the new day seems old
Since I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
Oh, since I lost my baby (Oh, since I lost my baby)

The birds are singing and the children are playing
There's plenty of work and the bosses are paying
Not a sad word should a young heart be saying
But fun is a bore and with money I'm poor

Since I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
Oh, since I lost my baby (Oh, since I lost my baby)
Next time I'll be kinder (Next time I'll be kinder)
Won't you please help me find her (Won't you please help me find her)
Someone just remind her (Someone just remind her)
Of this love she left behind her (Of this love she left behind her)
Till I find her I'll be trying to (Till I find her I'll be trying to)
Everyday I'm more inclined to
Find her
Inclined to
Find her
Inclined to find my baby
Been looking everywhere (baby)
Baby, I really, really care!

Oh, determination is fading fast (Oh yeah)
Inspiration is a thing of the past (Oh yeah)
Can't see how my hope's gonna last
Good things are bad and what's happy is sad

Since I lost my baby (Since I lost my baby)
Oh, since I lost my baby (Oh, since I lost my baby.)
I feel so bad (Since I lost my baby)
I feel so sad (Since I lost my baby)
Everything is wrong
This heart is hard to carry on (Since I lost my baby)
I'm lost as can be (Since I lost my baby)
What's gonna happen to me?

Funkdoobiest - Bow Wow Wow

2008-09-09T05:02:00.000-07:00

Funkdoobiest - Bow Wow Wow

Bow Wow...Bow Wow...Bow Wow...Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow...Bow Wow...Bow Wow...Bow Wow Wow

I bow wow wow yippy o yippy a to the funk
Punk
I put you in my trunk
Like a good fella I'm a good speller
Yet I get retarded like Helen Keller
Take it I'll kick it better I'll flick it
Just like a booger I fuck around with hookers
Like Tina Turner I'm a fast learner
Earning up my wealth, now I go for self
Like Barney Rubble, who's always in trouble
I'm quick on the double, you'll never see me fumble
Like a quarterback, think I outta smack
Wack MCs who think they're all of that

I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow

It ain't no hassle, I'll grab my lasso
Check a punk asshole, like Eddie Haskle
Yet I'm not the reaper or Sigourney Weaver
I'll bust a stunt punk like Colt Seavers
Then do the polka, I'm iller then the Joker
I'm not mediocrity like almond mocca
I'm flavor, behavior is I'll when I spill
You'll be fucked just like Fire Marshall Bill
'Cause I cause disasters like the Dukes of Hazard
I'll shatter you kid if you step punk bastard
Zero, weirdo, the funk superhero
Yeah you scare me, just like a scarecrow

I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow

Eenie meenie, I funk like Houdini
No I run shit punk, like Mussolini
I'm skinny
Kid like me dreams of tiny bikinis
Ralph rocks a beanie
Flips it, smacks it, do the Michael Jackson
Bring your crew punk, cut you in fractions
Action packed, wanna come back
On the drunk track, sharp like a thumb tack
I'm in the congos, I chill like Tonto
When it comes to the funk, I rock pronto

I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow
I Bow Wow Wow yippy-o yippy-a to the funk
A Bow Wow Wow

Deer Tick - Diamond Rings

2008-09-08T05:08:00.000-07:00

Deer Tick - Diamond Rings

Oh it takes my life away
To think of her as gone
Now I’m running down the maze
And I’m finding only walls

Blowing down the flame
To catch the burning west
Now I’m running out of steam
Watch this man collapse

You said you wanted a better life
And you will tell me what you find
And then I’ll stay the whole night through
And I’ll turn from sad to blue
And I’m choking next to you
Yes I’m choking next to you

And I wish you’d think of me
The way I thought of you
I find it hard to breathe
Cause now I know the truth

And what good would fingers be
If it weren’t for diamond rings
And I know you’re leaving me
I know that I’m no king

And you said you wanted a better life
And you will tell me what you find
And then I'll stay the whole night through
And I'll turn from sad to blue
And I’m choking next you
Yes I’m choking next you

And what good would fingers be
If it weren’t for diamond rings
I know you’re leaving me
And I know that I’m no king

Mogwai - Summer

2008-09-05T12:51:00.000-07:00

Mogwai - Summer

Orange Juice Jones - The Rain

2008-08-28T12:48:00.000-07:00

Orange Juice Jones - The Rain

I saw you (and him)
Walking in the rain
You were holding hands
And I'll never be the same.

Tossing and turning another sleepless night
The rain crashes against my window pane
Jumped into my car didn't drive too far
That moment I knew I would never be the same.

I saw you (and him)
Walking in the rain
You were holding hands
And I'll never be the same.
I saw you (and him)
Walking in the rain
You were holding hands
And I'll never be the same.

Now here you are begging to me
To give our love another try
Girl I love you and I always will
But darling right now I've got to say goodbye 'cause

I saw you (and him)
Walking in the rain
You were holding hands
And I'll never be the same.
I saw you (and him)
Walking in the rain
You were holding hands
And I'll never be the same.

(I saw you)
Hey hey baby how ya doin' come on in here
(Walking in the rain)
Got some hot chocolate on the stove waiting for you
Listen first things first let me hang up the coat
(You were holding hands and I'll)
Yeah how was your day today
Did you miss me
(Never be the same)
You did? Yeah? I missed you too
I missed you so much I followed you today
(I saw you)
That's right now close your mouth
'Cause you cold busted
(Walking in the rain)
Now just sit down here, sit down here
I'm so upset with you I don't know what to do
(You were holding hands and I'll)
My first impulse was to run up on you
And do a Rambo
(Never be the same)
Whip out the jammy and flat blast both of you
But I didn't wanna mess up
this thirty-seven hundred dollar lynx coat
So instead I chilled -- that's right chilled
I went to the bank and took out every dime.
Than I canceled all those credit cards, yeah, all your charge accounts
I stuck you up for every piece of jewelery
I ever bought you! That's right, everything, everything.
Don't go lookin' in that closet
Everything you came here with
Is packed up and waiting for you in the guest room.
What was you thinking about?
What you trying to prove
You don't mess with the Juice!
I gave you silk suits, blue diamonds and gucci handbags.
I gave you things you couldn't even pronounce!
But now I can't give you nothing but advice.
Cause you're still young, that's right you still young.
I hope you learn a valuable lesson from all this
And you're gonna find somebody like me one of these days
Until then, you know what you gotta do?
You gotta get on outta here
With that alley-cat-coat-wearing,
Hush-puppy-shoe-wearing crumbcake I saw you with.
Cause you dismissed!
That's right, silly rabbit,
Tricks are made for kids, don't you know that.
You without me is like corn flake without the milk!
This is my world.
You're just a squirrel trying to get a nut!
Now get on outta here.
Scat! Don't touch that coat...

Shearwater - Leviathon, Bound

2008-08-27T15:20:00.000-07:00

Shearwater - Leviathon, Bound

The hollow light
Is still on the fields
Where the winter has warmed
And the snows have drained away
And the hunter's cry
Is still on the air
As the bullet flies home
But the heart that's pierced with it
Still is racing
Still is racing, alone.

The silver shoals
Of the light in the deep
Brush the glitterin skein
Where the great, dark body writhes
And the trembling jaw
The unfathoming sounds
Of leviathan, bound
As his heart, though weakening
Still is racing
Still is racing, alone

You are racing
You are racing,
Alone.

Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello

2008-08-26T23:09:00.000-07:00

Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello

If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier
She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear
Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow
She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so.

We had a falling-out, like lovers often will
And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill
And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart
She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart.

If you get close to her, kiss her once for me
I always have respected her for busting out and gettin' free
Oh, whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way
Though the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay.

I see a lot of people as I make the rounds
And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town
And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.

Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past
I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast
If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find
Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.

Handsome Boy Modeling School - Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This)

2008-08-22T05:30:00.000-07:00

Handsome Boy Modeling School - Rock and Roll (Could Never Hip-Hop Like This)

When you asked talented men making music it’s something.

But when they are from the one family, well it’s worth hearing.

And what’s more -

They are brothers as well.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Check it out y’all

Back by popular demand

Check it out y’all

Are they crazy

Once again

Automator, Automator, Automator on the fader

Check it out y’all

Just listen to this.

Check it out y’all

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Dear Ms. Bowers,

Spring is here and we are as always ready to serve you.

Although you have not used your charge accounts for some time

It is still at your service and provides a way to purchase

Some of the new clothes you may need

Our spring dresses, suits, coats, are beautiful

And the value unusually good.

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Ch-Check it out y’all

And rock & roll could never ever hip-hop like this

Kraftwerk - The Robots

2008-08-21T05:30:00.000-07:00

Kraftwerk - The Robots

We're charging our battery

And now we're full of energy

We are the robots

We're functioning automatik

And we are dancing mechanik

We are the robots

Ja tvoi sluga

Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik

We are programmed just to do

anything you want us to

we are the robots

We're functioning automatic

and we are dancing mechanic

we are the robots

Ja tvoi sluga

Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik

We are the robots

Sam and Dave - Small Portion of Your Love

2008-08-20T08:32:00.000-07:00

Sam and Dave - Small Portion of Your Love

Just a small portion of your love winds me up like a clock

Just a small portion of your love, I'm like a river a-runnin' never stop

Oh just a little bit goes a long way

Just as long as I get a little, each and every day

Just a small portion of your love seems to move my troubles away

Just a small portion of your love and I'll go to work all for no pay

Oh your love that's so fine, and oh how it soothe my time

But goin' out, get you, give me peace of mind

Ooo baby, you don't know what you do for me

Ooo baby, I don't have no misery

Just a small portion of your love, just a small portion of your love

Ooo baby, you don't know what you do for me

Ooo baby, I don't have no misery

Just a small portion of your love (that's all I'll ever need)

Just a small portion of your love (just a teeny weeny bit)

I need a small portion of your love

Tim Fite - Away From the Snakes

2008-08-19T08:32:00.000-07:00

photo by julie barros

Tim Fite - Away From the Snakes

Heavens to Betsy, the man's out to get me.

He's raising my rent and taking my money

While the rich get rich, us poor don't get shit

Except shit on by rich men and shit on by women

And shit on by everyone shitting

Is there a place where I can go

Away from the snakes and the liars?

Heavens to Betsy, the man's out to get me.

He's fucking my wife while he's counting my money.

While the rich get rich, us poor don't get shit

Except shit on by rich men who shit on their women.

Is there a place where I can go,

Away from the snakes and the liars?

Down by the lake where the wild wind blows

Free from the weight of desire

Is there a place where I can go

Where the rich don't get rich, and the poor don't get shit on

By everyone shitting?

Tex Ritter - Deck of Cards

2008-08-15T05:00:00.000-07:00

Tex Ritter - Deck of Cards

During the North African campaign,
A bunch of soldier boys had been on a long hike,
And they arrived in a little town called Casino.

The next morning, being Sunday,several of the boys went to church.
A Sargent commanded the boys in church,
And after the chaplain had read the prayer,
The text was taken up next.

Those of the boys who had a prayer books took them out,
But, this one boy had only a deck of cards,
And so he spread them out.

The Sargent saw the cards and said, "Soldier, put away those cards".
After the services were over, the soldier was taken prisoner,
And brought before the Provost Marshall.
The marshall said " Sergeant, why have you brought this man here?"
"For playing cards in church Sir."
"And what have you to say for yourself Son?"
"Much, Sir," replied the soldier.
The marshall said, " I hope so, for if not,
I shall punish you more than any man was ever punished."

The soldier said, "Sir, I have been on the march for about six days,
I have neither Bible nor prayerbook, but I hope to satisfy you, Sir,
With the purity of my intentions."
And with that, the boy started his story.

"You see sir, when I look at the Ace,
It reminds me that there is but one God,
And the deuce, reminds me that the bible is divided
Into two parts, the old and the new testament.
When I see the trey, I think of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
And when I see the four,I think of the four Evangelists who preached
The Gospel There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

And when I see the five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins
Who trimmed their lamps, there were ten of them,
Five were wise and were saved,
Five were foolish and were shut out.
When I see the six, it reminds me that in six days,
God made this great Heaven and Earth.
When I see the seven, it reminds me that on the seventh day,
God rested from His great work.
And when I see the eight, I think of the eight righteous persons
God saved when he destroyed this Earth.
There was Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their wives.
And when I see the nine, I think of the lepers our Saviour cleansed,
And, nine out of the ten, didn't even thank him.
When I see the ten, I think of the ten commandments,
God handed down to Moses on a table of stone.

When I see the king, it reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven,
God Almighty.
And when I see the Queen, I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
Who is Queen of Heaven, and the Jack of Knaves is the Devil.

When I count the number of spots in a deck of cards,
I find 365, the number of days in a year.
There are 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year.
There are four suits, the number of weeks in a month.
There are twelve picture cards, the number of months in a year.
There are thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.
So, you see Sir, my pack of cards serves me as a Bible,
An Almanac, and a prayerbook.
And Friends, the story is true, I know,
I was that soldier.

Beirut - Nantes

2008-08-14T05:00:00.000-07:00

Beirut - Nantes

Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile
And I'll gamble away my fright
And I'll gamble away my time
And in a year, a year or so
This will slip into the sea
Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile

Nobody raise their voices
Just another night to mourn to
Nobody raise their voices
Just another night to mourn to

Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile
And I'll gamble away my fright
And I'll gamble away my time
And in a year, a year or so
This will slip into the sea
Well it's been a long time, long time now
Since I've seen you smile

Nobody raise their voices
Just another night to mourn to
Nobody raise their voices
Just another night to mourn to

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"

2008-08-13T05:00:00.000-07:00

De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"

Girl meets boy on Thursday night
Boy was high, girl fly like kite
They hold hands until next day
Boy then lets go, hit his way
Boy rules butt, brags to his boys
Erection brings bad boy joys
Boy thinks of that big fat back
Big black fat love, big black fat
Girl calls boy to stand him up on Saturday
Saturday

Saturday, it's a Saturday
It's a Saturday, it's a Saturday
Saturday, it's a Saturday
Saturday, it's a Saturday

Back once more with the wallop in the score
Must I ride and rip, should I make you rock your hip
Reviver of a roller-boogie in a rink
And sure to make you think about the times
To scope fun instead of fights
But diving from a piece of metal sure to take your life
Yo, slip your butt to the fix of this mix
Toss that briefcase, it's time to let loose
'Cause you've worked like heck to get the week in check
So unfasten that noose around your neck
Connected like a vibe from the wheel to the foot
Come on everybody dig the funky output

Five days you work
One whole day to play
Come on everybody, wear your rollerskates today
It's Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, it's Saturday
Saturday, it's Saturday
Saturday, it's Saturday

Now as you pump your fist I reminisce
To a bounce, rock, skate, roll
Fess to impress
Hey, pretty diamond, do you like the way I'm dressed
Cool, keep the faith and be my mate
'Cause all we need is feet
And rollerskates
But promote the hustle 'cause it keeps me thin
No need to talk, look who just walked in

Is there a Dred on skates?
Yes, man
So kick the wham on this jam
Oh Mr. Sprinkler, Mr. Sprinkler
Wet me for one, Mr. Sprinkler
I'm heatin' high-five in a daze, no split
With a yawn I trip to the dawn
Out comes the bodies following the one idea
It's clear, rattle to the roll
Hold back up the track, grab your rollerskates y'all
And let's zip on by
Zip-a-de-doo-dah, let's zip on by
Feed on a weed and we're feeling high
Sun is on thick and the cheese is rollin' quick
Come on, there's no time to hide
Season is twist, spinning and winning
No hackeysack, let let me in
Spill on the bottom away, but it's okay, huh
It's a Saturday

Now let's all get baked like Anita
Watch Mr. Lawnge, don't look at the peter
Feel on the fun, I'll feel on the
Hey, watch that!
It's a Saturday

Now is the time
To act the fool tonight
Forget about your worries and you will be all right
It's Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, it's Saturday
Saturday, it's Saturday
Saturday, it's Saturday
Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday
Saturday, Saturday

Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You

2008-08-12T05:00:00.000-07:00

photo by jill russell

Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You

Home in the valley
Home in the city
Home isn't pretty
Ain't no home for me

Home in the darkness
Home on the highway
Home isn't my way
Home will never be

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I can't see no reason to put up a fight
I'm living for giving the devil his due

And I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you

Time is the essence
Time is the season
Time ain't no reason
Got no time to slow

Time everlasting
Time to play besides
Time ain't on my side
Time I'll never know

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I'm not the one to tell you what's wrong or what's right
I've seen signs of what (freezing their eyes) went through

Well I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I can't see no reason to put up a fight
I'm living for giving the devil his due

And I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you
I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you

Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken

2008-08-11T04:47:00.000-07:00

photo by michelle peck

Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken

16 years ago, one day,
I was walking down the street
I was cruising in brooklyn
You know what I mean?
Something was cooking,
But wasn't yet a chicken.

There was a man,
Selling chicks in a box.
He said, 2 for 1, but 3 for 2.
I said, thats not bad,
Heres money for you.
One was magenta,
The other was blue.

I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken

One day, the blue one went away.
The other grew up fuckin well.
She was noisy every night.
I had always chicken-bite.

Then I met a lover
One night, she made me dinner.
Licking finger, I wondered
Where she got the chicken.
Then I met a lover.
One night, she made me dinner.
Licking finger, I wondered
Where she got the chicken.

I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken

Spare the rod and spoil the chick
Before you go and shit a brick.
Spare the rod and spoil the chick
Before you go and shit a brick
Spare the rod and spoil the chick
Before you go and shit a brick
Spare the rod and spoil the chick
Before you go and shit a brick

I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken

She went to college to study anatomy
I followed her fathers butchery
We got 2 babies. is it cool?
One was magenta, the other was blue.

I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken
I know my chicken
You got to know your chicken...