The Temptations - Since I Lost My Baby

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?

Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Well I woke up Sunday morning,
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,
So I had one more for dessert.
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes,
And found my cleanest dirty shirt.
An' I shaved my face and combed my hair,
An' stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

I'd smoked my brain the night before,
On cigarettes and songs I'd been pickin'.
But I lit my first and watched a small kid,
Cussin' at a can that he was kicking.
Then I crossed the empty street,
'n caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken.
And it took me back to somethin',
That I'd lost somehow, somewhere along the way.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk,
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cos there's something in a Sunday,
Makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
Half as lonesome as the sound,
On the sleepin' city sidewalks:
Sunday mornin' comin' down.

In the park I saw a daddy,
With a laughin' little girl who he was swingin'.
And I stopped beside a Sunday school,
And listened to the song they were singin'.
Then I headed back for home,
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'.
And it echoed through the canyons,
Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

On the Sunday morning sidewalk,
Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.
'Cos there's something in a Sunday,
Makes a body feel alone.
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
Half as lonesome as the sound,
On the sleepin' city sidewalks:
Sunday mornin' comin' down.

Do do do do do do do do,
Do do do do do do do,
Do do do do do do do do,
Do do do do do do do.

J Dilla - Stop

J Dilla - Stop

You're gonna want me back in your arms
You're gonna need me, want me
You're gonna want me back in your arms
You're gonna need me, want me
You're gonna want me back in your arms
You're gonna need me, want me

You better stop and think about what you're doing
You better stop and think about what you're doing
You better stop and think about what you're doing
You better stop and think about what you're doing

Give a little back my way
You're gonna need
You're gonna need me, want me

Solomon Burke - Got to Get You Off My Mind

Solomon Burke - Got to Get You Off My Mind

Got to get you off of my mind
I know it's just a matter of time
You've found somebody new
And our romance is through
Yes it is
Gonna throw your picture away
You didn't want my love, any old way
You've found somebody new
And our romance is through
Yes it is
Some folks love is hard and strong
That's the kind of love that lingers on
Some folks love is swift and fast
That's the kind of love that'll never last
We had a love that was in between
And to me it was like a dream
If we had stayed together till June
Not a problem, bride and groom
That's why
Got to get you off of my mind
I know it's just a matter of time
You've found somebody new
And our romance is through
Listen to me
Got to get you off of my mind
I know it's just a matter of time
Got to get you off of my mind
I know it's just a matter of time

Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)

Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)

I've been loving you too long to stop now
You are tired and you want to be free
My love is growing stronger, as you become a habit to me
Oh I've been loving you a little too long
I don't wanna stop now, oh
With you my life,
Has been so wonderful
I can't stop now

You are tired and your love is growing cold
My love is growing stronger as our affair, affair grows old
I've been loving you, oh, too long,
To stop now, oh, oh, oh
I've been loving you a little too long
I don't wanna stop now
Oh, oh

Don't make me stop now
No baby
I'm down on my knees
Please, don't make me stop now
I love you, I love you,
I love you with all of my heart
And I can't stop now
Don't make me stop now
Please, please don't make me stop now
My heart and soul is cryin'

Syl Johnson - Back For a Taste of Your Love

Syl Johnson - Back For a Taste of Your Love

Here I come, comin' for a taste of your love,
Here I come, 'cause I like what you do for me.
Little by little, bit by bit,
I'm fallin' in love all over again.

Here I come, just like I did before,
Here I come, love this time I'm sure.
It takes two to make it,
And I know you can take it, yeah baby.

Here I come again, I'm comin' for a taste of your love,
Here I come, I'm comin' for a taste of your love

What you did, you just came down on me.
You got the lock, but baby I hold the key.
Little by little, bit by bit,
I'm fallin' in love all over again.

Here I come, I'm comin' for a taste of your love,
Here I come again, I'm comin' for a taste of your love.

Ryan Adams - La Cienega Just Smiled

photo by nick fries

Ryan Adams - La Cienega Just Smiled

"Ah the night...here it comes again"
It's on with the jeans, the jacket and the shirt
How'd I end up feeling so bad
For such a little girl
And I hold you close in the back of my mind
Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt
And I'm too scared to know to how I feel about you now
La Cienega just smiles..."see ya around"
And I hold you close in the back of my mind
And raise my glass 'cause either way I'm dead
Neither of you really help me to sleep anymore
One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul
La Cienega just smiles as it waves goodbye
"Ah the night...here it comes again"
It's off with the jeans, the jacket and the shirt
How'd I end up feeling so bad
For such a little girl
And I hold you close in the back of my mind
Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt
And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now
How I feel about you now
La Cienega just smiles and says, "I'll see you around"

Pedro the Lion - Eye on the Finish Line (live)

Pedro the Lion - Eye on the Finish Line (live)

Such an awful, tragic night
Though I've only done what's right
Even with my conscience clear
I can't help this flood of tears

I've got my eye on the finish line

Though I've been striving for their good
I will be misunderstood
Even my own darling dear
Misconstrued what was so clear

Given the time I think she would have understood
That it was for the greater good
Soon I will meet her at our mansion in the sky
Leaving this wicked world behind

It's strange that it should end this way
But martyrs never have a say

Uncle Tupelo - Fatal Wound

Uncle Tupelo - Fatal Wound

Don't the lights look empty
When the streets are bare
Almost as empty
As the look you give me
When I'm the only one

And it's a long one
So it brings you down
So say you have nowhere else to go
And nothing to do
So you hang around
You hang around

But you wait around until
You've received that fatal wound

Columns of sunlight
And glorious cities
Oceans of opportunity
And all your decisions seem ancient

But you wait around until
You've received that fatal wound

Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours

photo by jill russell

Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours

Here they come yo, here they come.
Here they come yo, here they come.
This or that, This or that,
This or that, This or that,
This or that, This or that,
This or that, This or that,

Who's the Black Sheep, what's the Black Sheep?
Don't know who I am, or when I'm coming so you sleep
Wasn't in my room, wasn't in my sphere
Knew not who I was, but listen here
Dres, D-R-E-S, yes I get suckers start
If it's all right with you, I'll rip this here one apart
Back, Middle, to the front, don't front
Wanna a good time, gonna give you what you want
Can I hear a hey? [Hey!]
Now get a yo! [Yo!]
You gotta hay? [Huh!]
It's for the hoes [Oh!]
The styling is creative, Black Sheep of the Native
Can't be violated, or even decepticated
I got brothers in the Jungle, cousins on the Quest
Deaf retarded uncles, in parties were they rest
Guess, which way, what, when, how
Mista Lawnge, Dres, Black Sheep slam NOW
Know you've heard the others, phonies to the lovers
Then of course, the choice is yours

You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
I think you'll get with this, for this is where it's at

You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
I think you'll get with this, cause this is kinda fat

Where's the Black Sheep, here's the Black Sheep
Even if we wanted to the flock could not be weak
Watch me swing like this, why should I swing it like that,
Because in fact, on me it might not attract
Therefore I ignore, do as I feel inside
I live with me, I've got my back tonight
Ya know what I'm saying, yo Black, I'm not playing
Need to go with this, or go with that with no delaying
See, in actuality, one be can it be,
I made it look easy, because it is to me
Any time capacity was filled, try to rock it
Any time a honey gave us play, tried to knock it
Never was fool, so we finished school
Never see us sweat, and you'll never see us drool
Out to rock the globe while it's still here to rock
Don't punch girls, and we don't punch a clock
Gotta go, gotta go, see you later by the cat
And you can't beat that with a bat

You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
I think you'll get with this, for this is where it's at

You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
You can get with this, or you can get with that
I think you'll get with this, cause this is kinda fat

Engine, Engine, Number Nine,
On the New York transit line,
If my train goes off the track,
Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!
Back on the scene,
Crispy and clean,
You can try,
But then why,
Cause you can't intervene.
We be the outcast,
Down for the settle.
Won't play the rock,
Won't play the pebble.
Open the door,
You best believe,
We're sliding through it swiftly.
Niftly,
We can make it hip to be,
What we are cause what we be,
Be the epitome,
Doo-Dah-Dipity.
So now I dwell
Just to say your plainar
Hold your cup cause I got the container.
Pass a plader,
Cross the fader.
Black Sheep get played
Like the Sony innovator.
Never the traitor,
Party of later,
And you can get a scoop,
Later.

Harry Nillson - Daybreak

Harry Nillson - Daybreak

Here comes the daylight
It's makin' me sad
Here comes the sunlight
Makin' me sad
Had a good time last night
Best I ever had
Here come the sunshine
That's makin' me sad
So sad, so sad, so sad, so sad

Here come the daybreak
It's bringin' me pain
It's causin' me heartache
I wish it would rain
Had a good time last night
Just me and my friends
But here come the daylight
And now it's the end
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

Here come the daylight
It's bringin' me down
Causin' me heartache
It's spinnin' my head around, yeah

Here come the daybreak
It's bringin' me pain
It's causin' me heartache
I wish it would rain
Had a good time last night
Just me and my friends
But here come the daylight
And now it's the end
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

Here come the daylight
It's bringin' me down
It's causin' me heartache
It's spinnin' my head around, yeah

Here come the daybreak
It's makin' me cough
It's causin' me sunburn
It's pissin' me off
Had a good time last night
In the moon's glimpse
Now all that'll save me
Is a total eclipse
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no...

The Tragically Hip - Fireworks

The Tragically Hip - Fireworks

If there's a goal that everyone remembers it was back in ole' 72
We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger
And all I remember was sitting beside you
You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr
Isn't it amazing anything's accomplished
When the little sensation gets in your way
Not one ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing you can do anything
We hung out together every single moment
Cause that's what we thought married people do
Complete with the grip of artificial chaos
And believing in the country of me and you
Crisis of faith and crisis in the Kremlin
And yea we'd heard all of that before
It's wintertime, the house is solitude with options
And loosening the grip on a fake cold war
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish
When you don't let the nation get in your way
No ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing you can do anything

Next to your comrades in the national fitness program
Caught in some eternal flexed-arm hang
Droppin' to the mat in a fit of laughter
Showed no patience, tolerance or restraint

Fireworks exploding in the distance
Temporary towers soar
Fireworks emulating heaven
Til there are no stars anymore
Fireworks aiming straight at heaven
Temporary towers soar
Til there are no stars shining up in heaven
Til there are no stars anymore
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish
When the little sensation gets in your way
No ambition whisperin' over your shoulder
Isn't it amazing what you can accomplish, eh
This one thing probably never goes away
I think this one thing is always supposed to stay
This one thing doesn't have to go away

Al Green - Love and Happiness

Al Green - Love and Happiness

Love and happiness...
Something that can make you do wrong, make you do right...
Love...

Love and happiness
Wait a minute...
Something's going wrong
Someone's on the phone
Three o'clock in the morning
Talkin' about how she can make it right
Well,
Happiness is when you really feel good with somebody
Nothing wrong with being in one with someone
Oh, baby, love and happiness
Love and happiness...
Love and happiness...

Love and happiness
You be good to me
I'll be good to you
We'll be together
We'll see each other
Walk away with victory
Oh baby,
Love and happiness...
Love and happiness...

Make you do right... love'll make you do wrong...
Make you come home early...
Make you stay out all night long...
The power of love...

Wait a minute,
Let me tell you...
The power of love...
Make you do right... love'll make you do wrong...
Make you want to dance...
Love and happiness...
Love and happiness...

Love is... wait a minute... love is...
Walkin' together...
Talkin' together...
Say it again...
Say it together...
Mmmm....

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - I Love Creedence

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - I Love Creedence

I'm Creedence Clearwater Wright
Best friend of Elodie Eye
We've been tight since Percy Elementary
Class of 1985
We moved together out to Philly after college
Took a two bedroom at South & 9th
I sold my violin so we could have it easy
El got her grandmother's money when she died

We laughed like we were queens
And split our ballgowns at the seams
And every single time I'd dream
It was only El & me
But then she slipped away from me
She met a boy from New Jersey
And they fell fast in love of course
I swear it felt like a divorce

This September I'll be 26 years old
And El's the only one besides my dad
Who's ever said I love you Creedence

Took got a job downtown
It's an hour on the bus each way
Typing letters for a lawyer in a bad toupee
It's dumb I know but it pays okay

And did I mention I moved out
I got my own place off of South
And I've been living hand to mouth
For going on a year by now
And yes I still see El around
It's different but I can't say how
She cut her hair it's back to brown
She's living with her boyfriend now

And since September I've been 26 years old
She's still the only one besides my dad
Who's ever said I love you Creedence

Black Uhuru - Youth of Eglington

Black Uhuru - Youth of Eglington

The youths of Eglinton
Won't put down their Remington
The youth of Brixton
They have their 45 Smith and
Wesson pistol pistol
The youth of Utica Avenue
They just can't keep cool
So much gun shot some
Cripple some turn fool
They are responsible for a lot
Of children
And they need food
And they want to go to school

I say the youth of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
I say the youth of Kingston
Won't leave their Magnum
pistol pistol
A very thin line to start the crime
Who will be the first to
Volunteer
You love you love your fuckery
Get up and get yourself together
You hear the words of Jah Jah
Coming from the hill top of
Dabra Dabra
Keep you strength

The youth of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
I say the youth of Brixton
They put down their 45 Smith
And Wesson pistol pistol

Stop and listen
They want you to fight the good fight
But save you strength
For strength of life
The youths in Africa
All a dem a thriller

I say the youth of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
The youth of Kingston
Won't leave their Magnum
Pistol pistol
Poor Jill she was a spill
She got hit by a stray shot

The youths of Eglington
Won't put down their Remington
The youths of Brixton
They put down their 45 Smith
And Wesson pistol pistol

Destroyer - Looter's Follies

Destroyer - Looter's Follies

You can huff
You can puff
But you'll never destroy that stuff
Finally i see why
I suppose
Kids you better change your feathers
Cause you'll never fly with those things

In these nights
The boys sing "hello, emptiness
I heard you're alright
I heard you're alright
I've heard of you"

A body aching
Fragile and pale
Dark valleys
House its trail
Why can't you see?
That a life in art
And a life of mimicry
It's the same thing

The room was crowded
And though you couldn't care less about it
That much was true
That much
Another version of this miniature rome
To set fire to
Why did we stop fucking around you
Girls like gazelles
Graze boys wearing bells
Blaze new trails in sound

I looked up
I looked around
A famous toronto painter shot me down
Oh i've busted my ass on these streets too long, he said
I set fire to the bed
And tore his gown

Felt some mercurial presence
Hitherto unknown
It was the sun
It was a stone falling through blank space
It was that jewel-encrusted roan
Getting in my face

Looked across the way
To the princess rooms
I saw brides and their grooms
Heard the sound of bells ringing

Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire
When across an ocean
We go
We row
And we row
And we tire

Now step out of the darkness and into the light
Yeah it's common knowledge i've been doing alright
No i can't complain
On the east side midwives'
Lives go down the drain
All cause our babies are dying

I lifted the veil to see
Nature's trickery
Revealed as pure shit
From which nothing ever rose
Because nothing ever could
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood
And i swear looter's follies has never sounded so good
And win or lose, what's the difference?

Van Morrison - Beside You

photo by bill fagley

Van Morrison - Beside You

Little Jimmy’s gone way out of the back streets
Out of the window, into the falling rain,
And he’s right on time, right on time.
That’s why broken arrow waved his finger
Down the road so dark and narrow
In the evening just before the sunday sixbells chime
And way out on the highway
All the dogs are barkin’ way down below
And you wander away from your hillside retreated view
Went to wanderin’ nordhbridge way out on the railroad
Together all the tipping trucks will unload
All the scrapbooks built together stuck with glue
And I’ll stand beside you, beside you

Oh child, to never wonder why
To never, never, never, never wonder why at all
To never, never, never, never wonder why
It’s gotta be, it has to be

Across the crystal pavements
Way across the country where the hillside mountains glide
The dynamo of your smile caressed the
Barefoot virgin child
To wander past your window in the nighttime cross the floor
Crying as ecstasy surrounds you
Through the night air your proud time is open
Go well against the pointed idle breeze

Past the footlights of the brazen silence easy
In the night you cry and you want spirits to tell you
Everything’s alright
Go ahead and do it one more time baby
You’re satisfied I guess, you’re way up and the sky comes down
Kaleidoscope

Open and just hold the lantern in the doorway,
For the freedom of it.
And you take the night air through your nostrils and you breathe
In out, in out
And you breathe just like that, just like that

How does it get you when it gets you
When it gets ya
You may not know it’s got you until you turn around
And I’ll point a finger at you, point a finger at you
You say which way, which way
That’s alright, we’ve gotten hip to it
Goin’ to do it right now.
Behind you
Beside you, beside you

Oh child to never wonder why
To never, never, never, never wonder why at all
Never never never never wonder why at all.

Pulp - Common People

Pulp - Common People

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge,
she studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College,
that's where I,
caught her eye.
She told me that her Dad was loaded,
I said "In that case I'll have a rum and coca-cola."
She said "Fine."
and in thirty seconds time she said,

"I want to live like common people,
I want to do whatever common people do,
I want to sleep with common people,
I want to sleep with common people,
like you."

Well what else could I do -
I said "I'll see what I can do."
I took her to a supermarket,
I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere,
so it started there.
I said pretend you've got no money,
she just laughed and said,
"Oh you're so funny."
I said "yeah?
Well I can't see anyone else smiling in here.
Are you sure you want to live like common people,
you want to see whatever common people see,
you want to sleep with common people,
you want to sleep with common people,
like me."
But she didn't understand,
she just smiled and held my hand.
Rent a flat above a shop,
cut your hair and get a job.
Smoke some fags and play some pool,
pretend you never went to school.
But still you'll never get it right,
cos when you're laid in bed at night,
watching roaches climb the wall,
if you call your Dad he could stop it all.

You'll never live like common people,
you'll never do what common people do,
you'll never fail like common people,
you'll never watch your life slide out of view,
and dance and drink and screw,
because there's nothing else to do.

Sing along with the common people,
sing along and it might just get you through,
laugh along with the common people,
laugh along even though they're laughing at you,
and the stupid things that you do.
Because you think that poor is cool.

You'll never live like common people,
you'll never do what common people do,
you'll never fail like common people,
you'll never watch your life slide out of view,
and dance and drink and screw,
because there's nothing else to do.

I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you
I want to live with common people like you

Stars - Personal

Stars - Personal

Wanted:
Single F, under 33
Must enjoy the sun, must enjoy the sea
Sought by single M
Mrs. Destiny
Send photo to address
Is it you and me?

Reply to Single M:
My name is Caroline
Cell phone number here, call if you have the time
28 and bored
Grieving over loss
Sorry to be heavy
But heavy is the cost
Heavy is the cost

Reply to Caroline:
Thanks so much for response
These things can be scary
Not always what you want
How about a drink?
The St. Jude Club at noon?
I’ll phone you first, I guess
I hope I see you soon

I never got your name
I assume you’re 33
Your voice it sounded kind
I hope that you like me
When you see my face
I hope that you don’t laugh
I’m not a film star beauty
I sent a photograph
I hope that you dont laugh

Note to Single M:
Why did you not show up?
I waited for an hour
I finally gave up
I thought once that I saw you
I thought that you saw me
I guess we’ll never meet now
It wasn’t meant to be
It wasn’t meant to be
I was sure you saw me
But it wasn’t meant to be

Wanted:
Single F, under 33
Must enjoy the sun, must enjoy the sea
Sought by single M
Nothing too heavy
Send photo to address
Is it you or me?

Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors

Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors

Back through the years
I go wonderin once again
Back to the seasons of my youth
I recall a box of rags that someone gave us
And how my momma put the rags to use
There were rags of many colors
Every piece was small
And I didnt have a coat
And it was way down in the fall
Momma sewed the rags together
Sewin every piece with love
She made my coat of many colors
That I was so proud of
As she sewed, she told a story
From the bible, she had read
About a coat of many colors
Joseph wore and then she said
Perhaps this coat will bring you
Good luck and happiness
And I just couldn't wait to wear it
And momma blessed it with a kiss

My coat of many colors
That my momma made for me
Made only from rags
But I wore it so proudly
Although we had no money
I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me

So with patches on my britches
Holes in both my shoes
In my coat of many colors
I hurried off to school
Just to find the others laughing
And a-making fun of me
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me

And oh I couldn't understand it
For I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love
My momma sewed in every stitch
And I told 'em all the story
Momma told me while she sewed
And how my coat of many colors
Was worth more than all their clothes

But they didn't understand it
And I tried to make them see
That one is only poor
Only if they choose to be
Now I know we had no money
But I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors
My momma made for me
Made just for me