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Sat Sep-30-06 01:28 AM
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Favorite Cold Lines In Songs, Ladies And Gentlemen? |
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Listening to one of my daughter's tapes, the Breeders, she tells me the group is, a marvelous line slashed out of it:
"If you're so special, why aren't you dead?"
It will strick with such other favorites as, "I think I like it fine...so far..." and "If you don't start drinking, I'm gonna leave," in the permanent repertory.
Anyone else have favorites in a similar vein?
"Cool blue reason comes into your world...."
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:32 AM
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1. Shouldn't You Have Got a Couple Piercings |
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and decided maybe that you were gay? - Not If You wre the Last Junkie On Earth, The Dandy Warhols
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:33 AM
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2. If I'm understanding you correctly, Sir, this bit |
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from Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" strikes me as pretty darn cold:
Everybody knows you've been discreet But there were so many people you just had to meet Without your clothes And everybody knows
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:39 AM
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10. Mr. Cohen, Ma'am, Is An Excellent Source Of Such |
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When it all comes down to dust, I will kill you if I must, I will help you if I can.
When it all comes down to dust, I will help you if I must, I will kill you if I can.
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:43 AM
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15. Several years ago, a reviewer commented |
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that Cohen's albums should come with razor blades.
:hi:
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:55 AM
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19. Now Santa Claus Comes Forward |
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That's a razor in his mitts
And he puts on his dark glasses
And he shows you where to hit
And then the camera pans
The stand in stunt man
Dress rehersal rag
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:57 AM
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20. I love the simplicity of that. |
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:34 AM
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3. if you mean cold in the sense of cruel |
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some lines from an Ani Difranco song come to mind, which I can't remember the name of but I will as soon as I post this:
"I still think of you as my boyfriend I don't think it's the end of the world so why don't you follow my example and go find yourself a really nice girl"
another one is from "Dilate" where she and the guy are both cheating on their lovers, and she is trying to convince herself to stop what she is doing (at that exact moment) because it's wrong and she says:
"I should just shut my mouth and rethink a minute but I can't shut it now 'cause there's something in it."
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:37 AM
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I've gotta cover my butt because I covet another man's wife.
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:44 AM
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16. yeah it's a great song |
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I think, like others have said, that some of her best work is on that CD and maybe since she's been around the bed married/divorced what have you she'll come to peace with those songs.
I really love "Little Plastic Castle" too, because some of those songs are just so personal. Gravel is so much the narration of my last relationship:
You were never a good lay and you were never a good friend
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you were never very kind and you let me way down every time but oh what can I say, I adore you...
arrgghhh, it's still true, I still adore her, and probably always will. And what to I get for it? Stupid spam e-mails once a month...
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:35 AM
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4. "So, fuck you and your untouchable face." -Ani Difranco..before she sucked |
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:37 AM
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5. "and fuck you, for existing in the first place." |
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boy am I feeling those lines...
does she suck now?
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:38 AM
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7. The last couple of times I saw her play it was pretty boring. |
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I honestly think her music went to crap when she got married, but she's divorced now, so maybe we have angry, good Ani back.
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:39 AM
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9. holy crap...Ani got divorced? |
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poor kid...I thought this guy was the be-all end all. Wow. I can't keep up with her.
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:41 AM
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13. Yeah, in like 2004 or something. |
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I haven't listened to any of her new stuff though.
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:45 AM
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'cause once she got married I just quit trying to keep up with her...after reveling reckoning. I don't know if she changed or I did. Well, I know I did. I don't keep up with stuff good anymore anyway. These last three years have been a complete wash, I've missed just about every single thing thats' happened. I've been gone as much as if I'd been high the whole time.
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:38 AM
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8. Whatever You Please"- The Dream Syndicate |
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"I used to care, but that was a long time ago, It used to bother me, it does not bother me anymore"..
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:41 AM
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12. Yep, and this comes close, too: |
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"I used to care, but things have changed." Bob Dylan, "Things Have Changed"
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:10 AM
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:hug:
We had a Leonard Cohen Tribute show here in town for his birthday; a few of my friends went (I had to work, of course)and they said it was electric. I'll see if I can find a story on it; I thought of you when I first heard about it!
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:18 AM
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26. Oh, I'd lovelovelove to read that. |
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L. Cohen is one of the other men of my dreams, ya know . . . I mean, besides Lenny Kravitz, Roberto Benigni, John Lurie, and what's that other guy's name? Oh, Call Me Wesley. ;)
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:31 AM
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:46 AM
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:40 AM
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She's a magical, sparkling' tease She's a rainbow choking' the breeze Yo, she's busting' out onto the scene With nightmare bogus poetry She's a melted avocado on the shelf She's the science of herself She's spazzing out on a cosmic level And she's meditating with the devil She's cooking salad for breakfast She's got tofu the size of Texas She's a witness to her own glory She's a never-ending story She's a frolicking depression She's a self-inflicted obsession She's got a thousand lonely husbands She's playing' footsie in another dimension She's a goddess milking her time - Nitemare Hippy Girl, Beck
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:48 AM
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18. that is positively brilliant poetry |
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I need to look into him I guess.
I like these two lines from the Spin Doctors' little miss can't be wrong: "I hope those cigarettes gonna make you cough Hope you hear this song and it pissed you off."
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:03 AM
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21. One Of My Favorite Songs, Ever |
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Edited on Sat Sep-30-06 02:17 AM by REP
It so perfectly describes a certain sort of person. Goes well with another snarky song:
Bohemian Like You
You got a great car Yeah what's wrong with it today I used to have one too Maybe I'll come and have a look I really love your hairdo yeah I'm glad you like mine too See we're looking pretty cool Will get ya
So what do you do? Oh yeah I wait tables too No I havent heard your band 'Cos you guys are pretty new But if you dig on vegan food Well, come over to my work I'll have 'em cook you something That you'll really love
'Cos I like you Yeah I like you And I'm feeling so bohemian like you Yeah I like you Yeah I like you And I feel - whoa
Wait Who's that guy just hangin' at your pad He's lookin' kinda bummed You broke up that's too bad I guess it's fair if he always pays the rent And he doesn't get bent about Sleeping on the couch when I'm there
- Bohemian Like You, The Dandy Warhols (yes, I'm perhaps the world's oldest Dandy Warhols fan)
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:08 AM
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I love both of them, thanks for posting...you rock!
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:21 AM
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27. Another Two You Might Like: |
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Hey. There's nothing in my art. I'd rather be cool than be smart. Hey. What I'm thinking of. I'd rather be cool than be loved.
Here's what I feel, Ba ba ba ba. Just want a girl As cool as kim deal.
Hey. I thought that you were tough. Well I've had it too, had it rough. Hey. I don't care if I'm wrong, 'cause right always takes too long.
- Cool As Kim Deal, The Dandy Warhols
I am a sensitive artist... I am a sensitive artist. Nobody understands me because I am so deep. In my work I make allusions to books that nobody else has read, Music that nobody else has heard, And art that nobody else has seen. I can't help it Because I am so much more intelligent And well-rounded Than everyone who surrounds me. I stopped watching tv when I was six months old Because it was so boring and stupid And started reading books And going to recitals And art galleries. I don't go to recitals anymore Because my hearing is too sensitive And I don't go to art galleries anymore Because there are people there And I can't deal with people Because they don't understand me. I stay home Reading books that are beneath me, And working on my work, Which no one understands I am sensitive... I am a sensitive artist... - Sensitive Artist, King Missile
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:00 PM
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45. I can relate to that one |
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more than I'd like to admit, lol.
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:08 AM
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22. Rise Against - "To The Core" |
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If I could paint how I feel, I'd draw bullseye on your forehead My anger is not misdirected Unless it somehow misses you
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Sat Sep-30-06 10:01 AM
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That whole song is pretty appropriate here.
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:11 AM
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25. "I don't care.....I don't want you... |
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I don't want you, anymore"......The Ramones
Tikki
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:23 AM
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28. You already know some of mine |
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As you make your bed so you lie there But who tucks you in when you do? And if someone steps up, I'll be that one And if someone gets stepped on, that one's you - Bertolt Brecht
If you believe in nothin', honey, it believes in you The gods they don't waste any faith on me - Robyn Hitchcock "The Sleeping Knights of Jesus"
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Sat Sep-30-06 02:42 AM
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I stepped up on the platform The man gave me the news He said, 'You must be jokin', son, Where did you get those shoes."
Throw back the little ones And pan-fry the big ones Use tact, boys, and reason, And gently squeeze 'em."
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Sat Sep-30-06 09:25 AM
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32. There's all of "Positively Fourth Street" and "Idiot Wind" |
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For Steely Dan (or at least Walter) there's "Book of Liars" ("There's a star in the book of liars by your name..."). X's "Skin Deep Town" also qualifies in its entirety. Green Day's "The Grouch": "The world's a bitch (or if we're believing popup- and malware-laden lyrics sites: The world owes me) so fuck you." Of course, there's always "How Do You Sleep?" Pretty much all of "She's Got Issues" by The Offspring.
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Sat Sep-30-06 12:28 PM
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43. 'Idiot Wind', Sir, Is Indeed A Mine Of Material |
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"It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe."
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:30 PM
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48. I forgot about "No Compassion" by Talking Heads |
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"You can talk to your analyst Isn't that what they're made for You walk you talk You still function like you used to It's not a question of your personality or style Be a little more selfish It might do you some good"
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:51 PM
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49. That Is A Good One, Sir |
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"I hate people when they're not polite...."
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Sat Sep-30-06 09:35 AM
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33. Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight, Goodnight |
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I’ve given up on social niceties, I threw ‘em out when I threw out your keys, Along with all your records I can’t stand. You never even listened to any one of them. You’re never going to drag me out again With all the people that were never ever even your friends.
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Sat Sep-30-06 09:50 AM
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34. from PJ Harvey's "Legs": |
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Did you ever wish me dead Oh lover boy, oh fever head No you must, no you must not go away How will you ever walk again And I, I might as well be dead But I could kill you instead...
Hehehe...
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:02 PM
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46. that is a great song. |
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she can really get into the demented aspect of relationships, and she does in earnest, which is pretty brave
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Sat Sep-30-06 10:10 AM
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36. This one is really old, but good... |
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I'm not saying you treated me unkind You could have done better But I don't mind You just kind of wasted my precious time
- Bob Dylan
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Sat Sep-30-06 10:24 AM
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Stones taught me to fly Love taught me to lie Life taught me to die So it's not hard to fall When you float like a cannonball
RL
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Sat Sep-30-06 10:45 AM
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38. "How can I miss you if you won't go away?" - Dan Hicks |
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Sat Sep-30-06 11:07 AM
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39. That One Is A Classic, Ma'am |
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"If she don't drive you crazy, you'll be close enough to walk."
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Sat Sep-30-06 11:48 AM
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40. Boots of Spanish Leather |
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"And yes, there is something you can bring back to me Spanish boots of Spanish leather." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQmUug6BWgA
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Sat Sep-30-06 12:07 PM
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41. from The Dummy Song as performed by Sachmo - |
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Edited on Sat Sep-30-06 12:07 PM by sfexpat2000
"I'll take the legs from some old table I'll take the arms from some old chair I'll take the neck from some old bottle And from a horse I'll take the hair
I'll take the hands and the face from off the clock And baby when I'm through I'll get more loving from the dum-dum-dummy Than I ever got from you."
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Sat Sep-30-06 12:27 PM
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42. Easy for You-Jimmy Webb |
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Go back to her again Back to the way you were She's a damn sight better for you You're a damn sight better for her.
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Sat Sep-30-06 12:30 PM
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Edited on Sat Sep-30-06 12:31 PM by SlavesandBulldozers
"Dont look so surprised Happy birthday...fucker After you blow that candle out We're gonna kick you Kick you."
From Faith No More's "Gentle Art of Making Enemies"
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Sat Sep-30-06 01:27 PM
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47. "They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie" |
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I don't want to go to Chelsea, oh no
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Sat Sep-30-06 04:46 PM
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50. Nick Cave's "Far From Me" just has one after another |
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For you dear, I was born For you I was raised up For you I've lived and for you I will die For you I am dying now You were my mad little lover In a world where everybody fucks everybody else over You who are so far from me Far from me So far from me Way across some cold neurotic sea Far from me
I would talk to you of all matter of things With a smile you would reply Then the sun would leave your pretty face And you'd retreat from the front of your eyes I keep hearing that you're doing your best I hope your heart beats happy in your infant breast You are so far from me Far from me Far from me
There is no knowledge but i know it There's nothing to learn from that vacant voice That sails to me across the line From the ridiculous to the sublime It's good to hear you're doing so well But really can't you find somebody else that you can ring and tell Did you ever Care for me? Were you ever There for me? So far from me
You told me you'd stick by me Through the thick and through the thin Those were your very words My fair-weather friend You were my brave-hearted lover At the first taste of trouble you went running back to mother So far from me Far from me Suspended in your bleak and fishless sea Far from me Far from me
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