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"Elephant" lyrics JASON ISBELL LYRICS "Elephant" She said “Andy, you're better than your past” Winked at me and drained her glass Cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore She said “Andy you're taking me home” But I knew she planned to sleep alone I'd carry her to bed, sweep up the hair from her floor If I'd ****ed her before she got sick I'd never hear the end of it She don't have the spirit for that now We just drink our drinks and laugh out loud And bitch about the weekend crowd And try to ignore the elephant somehow Somehow She said “Andy, you crack me up” Seagram's in a coffee cup Sharecropper eyes, and the hair almost all gone When she was drunk, she made cancer jokes Made up her own doctors' notes Surrounded by her family, I saw that she was dying alone But I'd sing her classic country songs and she'd get high and sing along She don't have a voice to sing with now We burn these joints in effigy and cry about what we used to be And try to ignore the elephant somehow, somehow I've buried her a thousand times, given up my place in line But I don't give a damn about that now There's one thing that's real clear to me: No one dies with dignity We just try to ignore the elephant somehow We just try to ignore the elephant somehow We just try to ignore the elephant somehow Somehow Somehow |
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10-15-2016, 11:20 PM | #17 |
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JASON ISBELL LYRICS
"Children Of Children" Pictures of the farm before us Old men in a gospel chorus Sepia and saddle horses Easy on the reins Eighty-one, a motor inn, your momma's 17 again She's squinting at the dusty wind The anger of the plains You and I were almost nothing Pray to God the Gods were bluffing Seventeen ain't old enough to reason with the pain How could we expect the two to stay in love When neither knew the meaning of The difference between sacred and profane? I was riding on my mother's hip She was shorter than the corn All the years I took from her Just by being born I didn't mean to break the cycle At 17, I went by Michael No one ever called me by my own name anyway Five full generations living All these expectations giving way to one Late to have a baby on the way You were riding on your mother's hip She was shorter than the corn All the years you took from her Just by being born |
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10-15-2016, 11:20 PM | #18 |
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10-18-2016, 09:55 AM | #19 |
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Written a little over 30 years ago and oh how prophetic it was.
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10-18-2016, 10:02 AM | #20 |
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10-19-2016, 07:56 AM | #21 |
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KATY PERRY LYRICS
"Peacock" I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock Word on the street, you got somethin' to show me, me Magical, colorful, myster-mystery-ee I'm intrigued, for a peek, heard it's fascinating (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) What's up your sleeve? Such a tease Wanna see the show-oh-ooh-oh In 3D, a movie, heard it's beautiful-oh-ooh-oh Be the judge and my girls' gonna take a vote (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) I want the jaw droppin', eye poppin' Head turnin', body shockin' (Uh, eh-eh-uh, uh, uh, eh-eh-uh) I want my heart throbbin', ground shakin' Show stoppin', amazin' (Uh, eh-eh-uh, uh, uh, eh-eh-uh) Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a bi-otch I'mma peace out if you don't give me the payoff (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? What you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock I wanna see your Skip the talk, heard it all, time to walk the walk Break me off, if you bad, show me who's the boss Need some goose, to get loose, come on take a shot (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) I want the jaw droppin', eye poppin' Head turnin', body shockin' (Uh, eh-eh-uh, uh, uh, eh-eh-uh) I want my heart throbbin', ground shakin' Show stoppin', amazin' (Uh, eh-eh-uh, uh, uh, eh-eh-uh) Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a bi-otch I'mma peace out if you don't give me the payoff (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? What you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock Oh my god, no exaggeration Boy all this time was worth the waiting I just shed a tear, I am so unprepared You got the finest architecture End of the rainbow-looking treasure Such a sight to see And it's all for me Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? Don't be a chicken boy, stop acting like a bi-otch I'mma peace out if you don't give me the payoff (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock? What you're waiting for, it's time for you to show it off Don't be a shy kinda guy I'll bet it's beautiful (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock I wanna see you Your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock Your peacock, cock I wanna see ya (Come on baby, let me see what you hidin' underneath) |
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10-19-2016, 08:00 AM | #22 |
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Kashmir Oh let the sun beat down upon my face, stars to fill my dream I am a traveler of both time and space, to be where I have been To sit with elders of the gentle race, this world has seldom seen They talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace, whose sounds caress my ear But not a word I heard could I relate, the story was quite clear Oh, oh. Oh, I been flying... mama, there ain't no denyin' I've been flying, ain't no denyin', no denyin' All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land Trying to find, trying to find where I've been. Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon, I will return again Sure as the dust that floats high in June, when movin' through Kashmir. Oh, father of the four winds, fill my sails, across the sea of years With no provision but an open face, along the straits of fear Ohh. When I'm on, when I'm on my way, yeah When I see, when I see the way, you stay-yeah Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, when I'm down... Ooh, yeah-yeah, ooh, yeah-yeah, well I'm down, so down Ooh, my baby, oooh, my baby, let me take you there Let me take you there. Let me take you there
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There is an incredible version of that song, I think with the Egyptian Orchestra, that I downloaded off of YouTube before it was taken down. I think it's the best version I've ever heard of it. I have it on my PC still. I wish I could share it-the file is 288 MB. |
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10-20-2016, 02:51 AM | #24 |
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But, anyway:
Through Benedy Glen oft at eve have I wandered With a heart that is lighter than the dew of the morn Her heather-clad mountains and clear crystal fountains Delightful to view by the light of the dawn I see her green hills and swift-running streamlets Eternally flowing right on to the sea By her side I lie down on a bank of blue violets And its murmuring and gurgling are music to me In far foreign lands oft do her sons wander By Niagara Falls or the Prairie Grand Where nature is seen both majestic and savage But their hearts are at home in their dear native land They long to return to the banks of the Lena The Roe and its branches on every side Where there lies brave Cooey, that once-mighty chieftain Who once 'gainst the Saxon defended with pride Her daughters are fair and her sons, they are gallant They scorn the tyrant, the serf or the slave Their rights they maintain at the point of the bayonet With an arm that is strong and a heart that is brave In an abbey not far from the town of Dungiven Their spirit hovers over that once much-loved soil Where there lies brave Cooey, that once-mighty chieftain Who commanded of yore from the Bann to the Foyle His statue disfigured by base alien mongrels His name oft impaired by unscrupulous foes Yet his soul shines in glory 'mid choirs of angels As his body lies moldering on the banks of the Roe Long may she prosper 'neath her sheltering mountains Carntogher, Benbradagh and surrounding hills From calamity and famine, great heaven, defend them And grant them contentment 'neath their clear purling rills |
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10-20-2016, 11:07 AM | #25 |
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One of my favorites of all time, Suite Madame Blue by Styx. Love going back to the early lyrics after the final chorus makes it obvious the whole thing was about the country and how it is diminished in some ways.
Time after time I sit and I wait for your call I know I'm a fool but why can I say Whatever the price I'll pay for you, Madame Blue Once long ago, a word from your lips and the world turned around But somehow you've changed, you're so far away I long for the past and dream of the days with you, Madame Blue Suite Madame Blue, gaze in your looking glass You're not a child anymore Suite Madame Blue, the future is all but past Dressed in your jewels, you made your own rules You conquered the world and more heaven's door America, America, America, America America, America, America, America America, America, America, America Red white and blue, gaze in your looking glass You're not a child anymore Red, white, and blue, the future is all but past So lift up your heart, make a new start And lead us away from here |
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10-24-2016, 11:29 AM | #26 |
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TOOL again. Maynard is such a genius. Spoiler for the video because lots of ****s.
Some say the end is near. Some say we'll see Armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will. I sure could use a vacation from this Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of freaks Here in this hopeless ****ing hole we call L.A. The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any ****ing time. Any ****ing day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay. Fret for your figure and Fret for your latte and Fret for your lawsuit and Fret for your hairpiece and Fret for your Prozac and Fret for your pilot and Fret for your contract and Fret for your car. It's a bullshit three ring circus sideshow of freaks Here in this hopeless ****ing hole we call L.A. The only way to fix it is to flush it all away. Any ****ing time. Any ****ing day. Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay. Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves. Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dip shits. Some say the end is near. Some say we'll see Armageddon soon. I certainly hope we will cause I sure could use a vacation from this Stupid shit, silly shit, stupid shit... One great big festering neon distraction, I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied. Learn to swim. [3x] Mom's gonna fix it all soon. Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be. Learn to swim. **** L Ron Hubbard and **** all his clones. **** all these gun-toting Hip gangster wannabes. Learn to swim. **** retro anything. **** your tattoos. **** all you junkies and **** your short memory. Learn to swim. **** smiley glad-hands With hidden agendas. **** these dysfunctional, Insecure actresses. Learn to swim. Cause I'm praying for rain And I'm praying for tidal waves I wanna see the ground give way. I wanna watch it all go down. Mom, please flush it all away. I wanna see it go right in and down. I wanna watch it go right in. Watch you flush it all away. Time to bring it down again. Don't just call me pessimist. Try and read between the lines. I can't imagine why you wouldn't Welcome any change, my friend. I wanna see it all come down. Bring it down Suck it down. Flush it down.
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10-24-2016, 11:34 AM | #27 |
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Another incredible musician/poet in Chad Gray
And we hide behind, Lies, anger, Hate they shoo love away, Build shells of ourselves outside, It shelters body from cold reigns of reality, Come on, Step out, of your rind, assemble strength, focus, Release and run to me you can never look back to the visions from the past they fade and wilt in time, You've got to just trust me to hold your hand through, Then I turn and walk away, Eclipse you (Cut you away), And bleed you strip you of your states of ain soph aur, Eclipse you (Cut you away), I spit up on my plate and I push everything away, From me And we sever all ties, It creates disruption midst circle of friends, I become the sacrifice, Spare your life and leave me to my misery, Get off the cross, and save yourself, run away Run now get away from me if I can get my grip I'll pull you down into the hell I call my head you'll never get away I sit down in my ugly place and build walls out of fragments from my past of all the people that I needed and loved that walked away, You've got to just trust me to hold your hand through then I'll turn and walk away I walk under the clouds of gray, Sphere of storms in my head, I'm trapped again in endless rain I divorce the thoughts of you I love with me, I divorce your innocence and my guilt, I divorce the lying sellout confidence, I'm divorcing every mother ****in' thing I divorce the love bled meaningless, I divorce the makeshift harmony, I divorce the taunting acts of violence, I divorce the pastime of jealousy, I divorce control, I divorce the faith, I divorce the virtue, I divorce the rain, I divorce the excuse, I divorce the greed, I divorce the need, I divorce iniquity in this mother ****in' bullshit life, Just want it all to go away, Just want to run away to die, take it, myself, my life Text book ****ing mental, off me and pitch me in a hole I'll always be your shadow, And veil your eyes from states of ain soph aur, I can't be the hero anymore, I spit up on my plate and then I turn and walk away, I spit up on my plate and I disrupt the family, I spit up on my plate and I sever the entity, And I feel your warm sun on my face Separate . Eclipse you and bleed you strip you of your states of ain soph aur, I need you, It's always been this way, I push it all away, From me |
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10-24-2016, 12:26 PM | #28 |
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The only Nobel Laureate lyricist...
You must leave now Take what you need you think will last But whatever you wish to keep You better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun Crying like a fire in the sun Look out, the saints are coming through And it's all over now, baby blue The highway is for gamblers Better use your sense Take what you have gathered From coincidence The empty handed painter from your streets Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets This sky, too, is folding under you And it's all over now, baby blue All your seasick sailors They are rowing home Your empty handed army Is all going home Your lover, who just walked out the door Has taken all his blankets from the floor The carpet too, is moving under you And it's all over now, baby blue Leave your stepping stones behind Now, something that calls for you Forget the dead you've left They will not follow you The vagabond who's rapping at your door Is standing in the clothes that you once wore Strike another match, go start anew And it's all over now, baby blue B. Dylan |
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"Shelter From The Storm" 'Twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue, the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." And if I pass this way again you can rest assured I'll always do my best for her on that I give my word In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Not a word was spoke between us there was little risk involved Everything up to that point had been left unresolved Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." I was burned out from exhaustion buried in the hail Poisoned in the bushes and blown out on the trail Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Suddenly I turned around and she was standing there With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Now there's a wall between us something there's been lost I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed Just to think that it all began on an uneventful morn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Well the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount But nothing really matters much it's doom alone that counts And the one-eyed undertaker he blows a futile horn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." I've heard newborn babies wailing like a mourning dove And old men with broken teeth stranded without love Do I understand your question man, is it hopeless and forlorn? "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothes I bargained for salvation and she gave me a lethal dose I offered up my innocence, I got repaid with scorn "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." Well I'm living in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line Beauty walks a razor's edge someday I'll make it mine If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." |
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10-25-2016, 12:46 PM | #30 |
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Well that's kind of the point.
You could say that dozens and dozens of times... And still have left out some great lyrics. Across the street they've nailed the curtains, they're getting ready for the feast The Phantom of the Opera in a perfect image of a priest They are spoon feeding Casanova to get him to feel more assured Then they'll kill him with self-confidence after poisoning him with words And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls, "Get outta here if you don't know" Casanova is just being punished for going to Desolation Row" |
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