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Post by jim44444 on Jan 23, 2019 19:25:45 GMT -5
In the car today I heard this song played on satellite radio. The lyrics to me seem to speak those who have chosen to stay.
So many times I've told you I was leavin'
And so many times how I tried
But sayin' you're leavin' is so much easier
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
'Cause every time I'd start to go
I wouldn't get ten feet
Till I come runnin' back like a runaway child
Who's afraid to cross the street
My mind might tell my lips to say it's over
But my heart would only say it's a lie
'Cause sayin' you're leavin' is so much easier
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
'Cause every time I'd start to go
I wouldn't get ten feet
Till I come runnin' back like a runaway child
Who's afraid to cross the street
My mind might tell my lips to say it's over
But my heart would only say it's a lie
'Cause sayin' you're leavin' is so much easier
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
Than leavin' and sayin' goodbye
Songwriters: Jeannie Seely
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Post by shamwow on Jan 24, 2019 21:16:24 GMT -5
The "Jaws" theme on endless repeat.
Decades of motonomy punctuated with frenzied periods of agitated frustration.
Every so often you just wish the damned shark will just finish the job.
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Post by lifeinwoodinville on Jan 25, 2019 2:40:22 GMT -5
Oh, without a doubt, My Life by Billy Joel. Here are the lyrics:
Got a call from an old friend we'd used to be real close
Said he couldn't go on the American way
Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong
Don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place
Then they'll tell you can't sleep with somebody else
Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
Either way it's O.K. you wake up with yourself
I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm alright
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
I still belong
Don't get me wrong
And you can speak your mind
But not on my time
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
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completelybaked
Junior Member
"I have become comfortably numb" - Pink Floyd
Posts: 29 
Age Range: 70+
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Post by completelybaked on Jan 28, 2019 19:12:02 GMT -5
I've adopted Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb as my status. The lyrics are a little depressing, but it fits "Choosing to Stay".
Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?
Come on
Now
I hear you're feeling down
I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move
But I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like
Two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain
You would not understand
This is not how I am
I... Have become comfortably numb
O. K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working
Good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on
It's time to go
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move
But I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
I... Have become comfortably numb
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Post by mirrororchid on Dec 12, 2019 21:06:10 GMT -5
She's My Girl by Tom Lehrer
Because of the way some of the lyrics are sung, it's better to listen, than to read:
Sharks gotta swim, and bats gotta fly,
I gotta love one woman till I die.
To Ed or Dick or Bob
She may be just a slob,
But to me, well,
She's my girl.
In winter the bedroom is one large ice cube,
And she squeezes the toothpaste from the middle of the tube.
Her hairs in the sink
Have driven me to drink,
But she's my girl, she's my girl, she's my girl,
And I love her.
The girl that I lament for,
The girl my money's spent for,
The girl my back is bent for,
The girl I owe the rent for,
The girl I gave up lent for
Is the girl that heaven meant for me.
So though for breakfast she makes coffee that tastes like shampoo,
I come home for dinner and get peanut butter stew,
Or if I'm in luck,
It's broiled hockey puck,
But, oh well, what the hell,
She's my girl,
And I love her.
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Post by jim44444 on Dec 15, 2019 20:36:58 GMT -5
I'm Not Ready Yet by Tom T. HALL
I said I'd leave you anytime I'm ready
Some April when all the land is wet
Some summer, some fall, or maybe winter
I'll go someday, but I'm not ready yet
I should've left the day your love was dyin'
I passed up every date I ever set
I know I'll leave you when my heart is ready
I'm still around, 'cause I'm not ready yet
Well, I've left a hundred times, but you don't know that
Because I'm ashamed to tell how far I get
You didn't, you don't, you'll never love me
And someday I'll go, but I'm not ready yet
I should've left the day your love was dyin'
I passed up every date I ever set
I know I'll leave you when my heart is ready
I'm still around, 'cause I'm not ready yet
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Post by mirrororchid on Feb 10, 2020 7:09:55 GMT -5
Perhaps Alanis Morrisette's "Uninvited"? A song the refuser sings for us when we stay. (with a shoutout to Apocrypha for his frequent observation about "asexual" spouses)
Uninvited
- Alanis Morissette
Like anyone would be
I am flattered by your fascination with me
Like any hot blooded woman
I have simply wanted an object to crave
But you, you're not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slight
Must be strangely exciting
To watch the stoic squirm
Must be somewhat heartening
To watch Shepherd meet Shepherd
But you, you're not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slight
Like any uncharted territory
I must seem greatly intriguing
You speak of my love like
You have experienced love like mine before
But this is not allowed
You're uninvited
An unfortunate slight
I don't think you unworthy
I need a moment to deliberate
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muzack
Junior Member
Posts: 79
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Post by muzack on Feb 12, 2020 22:25:39 GMT -5
Johnnie Taylor – Cheaper To Keep Her lyrics
If you're tied up
You'd better stay tied up
Cause it's cheaper to keep her
This is from T services
It's cheaper to keep her
It's cheaper to keep her
When your little
Girl make you mad
And you get an attitude
And pack your bags
Five little children
That you're leaving behind
Son, you're gonna pay some
Alimony or do some time
That's why
It's cheaper to keep her
Help me say it, y'all
It's cheaper to keep her
(It's cheaper to keep her)
See, when you get through
Staring that judge in the face
You're gonna wanna cuss
The whole human race
That's why
It's cheaper to keep her
(It's cheaper to keep her)
(It's cheaper to keep her)
(It's cheaper, it's cheaper)
(It's cheaper, it's cheaper)
(It's cheaper to keep her)
You didn't pay but two dollars
To bring the little girl home
Now you're about to pay
Two thousand to leave her alone
You see another woman out there
And you wanna make a change
She aint gonna want you cause
You won't have a damn thing
That's why it's cheaper to keep her
Everybody sing along with me
It's cheaper to keep her
(It's cheaper to keep her)
By the time you get through
Looking that judge in the face
You're gonna wanna cuss
The whole human race
That's why
It's cheaper to keep her
(It's cheaper to keep her)
Its cheaper to keep her
(It's cheaper to keep her)
(It's cheaper, it's cheaper)
(It's cheaper, it's cheaper)
(It's cheaper to keep her)
I know you think
The grass is greener
Way over on the other side
When that Judge give
You that dirty look
You may as well put your
Money in momma's pocketbook
That's why it's cheaper to keep her
(It's cheaper to keep her)
Cost too much to leave her alone, yeah
I know it's cheaper to keep her, yeah
(It's cheaper to keep her)
Cause you gonna pay some
Alimony if you leave home
I tell y'all
It's cheaper to keep her
All the fellas know
What I'm talking bout
Don't you know
It's cheaper to stay at home
I gotta tell you
I'll bring you the message tonight
It's cheaper to keep her
Cheaper to keep her
Cheaper to keep her
Cheaper to keep her
She's gonna cause you too much
If you let her go, man
It's cheaper to keep her
You might as well put up
With your little arguments
And fussing and fighting
I am gonna tell you something tonight
I'll tell you, cheaper to keep her
Ain't it, man
Ain't it cheaper to
Keep her, ha yeah
By time you get through
Looking that judge in the face
You'll be lucky if you
Even have a place
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Post by mr.jones on Feb 13, 2020 2:20:47 GMT -5
Australian Crawl Lyrics
Play "Downhearted"
on Apple Music
"Downhearted"
I left my heart back in the Orient
Down on Bali bay
It's not the way that I should feel
But it's the way I'm gonna stay
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really started
Yeah
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really start
It seems all wrong back here at home
There's no end in sight
Should I be made to drag you through
This lovers endless fight
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really started
Yeah
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really start
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really started
Yeah
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really start
I sometimes think that we should stay
Happy on the farm
I sometimes think I'll give it all away
This love and all it's charm
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really started
Yeah
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really started
Yeah
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really started
Yeah
Downhearted
Broken dreams that never really start
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Post by takestwototango on Feb 25, 2020 19:50:43 GMT -5
Maybe we can talk all night,
but that ain't getting us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can,
there's nothin' left inside of here
And maybe you can cry all night,
but that'll never change the way that I feel
The snow is really piling up outside,
I wish you wouldn't make me leave here
I poured it on and I poured it out,
I tried to show you just how much I care
I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout
But you've been cold to me so long,
I'm cryin' icicles instead of tears
And all I can do, is keep on tellin' you
I want you (I want you),
I need you (I need you)
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad (don't be sad 'cause)'
Cause two out of three ain't bad
Now don't be sad, ('cause)
'cause two out of three ain't bad
You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach
You'll never drill for oil on a city street
I know you're lookin' for a ruby in a mountain of rocks
But there ain't no Coupe de Ville hidin' at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box
I can't lie (I can't lie...)
I can't tell you that I'm somethin' I'm not
No matter how I try, I'll never be able
To give you somethin', somethin' that I just haven't got (woh-oh)
Well there's only one girl that I will ever love
And that was so many years ago
And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart
She never loved me back, ooh-ooh I know
Well I remember how she left me on a stormy night
Ahh, she kissed me and got out of our bed
And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door
She packed her bags and turned right away
And she kept on tellin' me,
She kept on tellin' me,
She kept on tellin' me
I want you (I want you)
I need you (I need you)
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad (don't be sad, cause)
Cause two out of three ain't bad
I want you (I want you)
I need you (I need you)
But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you
Now don't be sad (don't be sad, cause)
Cause two out of three ain't bad
Now don't be sad
Cause two out of three ain't bad
Maybe we can talk all night
But that ain't getting us nowhere
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grower
Junior Member
Posts: 79
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Post by grower on Feb 26, 2020 9:00:56 GMT -5
Move on an get a life, hope to leave anger and resentment behind.
"We Just Disagree"
Been away, haven't seen you in a while
How've you been, have you changed your style?
And do you think that we've grown up differently?
Don't seem the same, seems you've lost your feel for me
So let's leave it alone, 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and we just disagree
I'm going back to a place that's far away
How 'bout you, have you got a place to stay?
Why should I care when I'm just trying to get along?
We were friends, but now it's the end of our love song
So let's leave it alone, 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and we just disagree
So let's leave it alone, 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and we just disagree
Got to love me some Dave Mason, Peace
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Post by mirrororchid on May 14, 2021 5:40:20 GMT -5
"Good Enough for Now" - Weird Al Yankovic |
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Post by deadzone75 on May 15, 2021 2:07:03 GMT -5
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Post by catlover on May 15, 2021 7:45:03 GMT -5
The “Pina Colada song” is one that keeps sticking in my head
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