Your favorite poems (or song lyrics)

by Love_Truth 17 Replies latest social entertainment

  • talesin
    talesin

    How about this one?

    Three Dog Night

    Pieces of April

    April gave us springtime and the promise of the flowers
    And the feeling that we both shared and the love that we called ours
    We knew no time for sadness, that's a road we each had crossed
    We were living a time meant for us, and even when it would rain
    we would laugh it off.

    I've got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet
    I've got pieces of April, it's a morning in May

    We stood on the crest of summer, beneath an oak that blossomed green
    Feeling as I did in April, not really knowing what it means
    But it must be then that you stand beside me now to make me feel this way
    Just as I did in April, but it's a morning in May.

    I've got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet
    I've got pieces of April, but it's a morning in May

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  • Love_Truth
    Love_Truth

    Yep, that's another oldie but goody. I always find this song by Bob Marley very stirrring (reminds me of why I left the JWs, as many of his songs do):

    REDEMPTION SONG
    ===============

    Old pirates yes they rob I
    Sold I to the merchant ships
    Minutes after they took I
    From the bottomless pit
    But my hand was made strong
    By the hand of the almighty
    We forward in this generation
    Triumphantly
    All I ever had, is songs of freedom
    Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
    Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
    Redemption songs

    Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
    None but ourselves can free our minds
    Have no fear for atomic energy
    Cause none of them can stop the time
    How long shall they kill our prophets
    While we stand aside and look
    Some say it's just a part of it
    We've got to fullfill the book

    Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
    Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
    Redemption songs, redemption songs

    Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
    None but oursekves can free our minds
    Have no fear for atomic energy
    Cause none of them can stop the time
    How long shall they kill our prophets
    While we stand aside and look
    Yes some say it's just a part of it
    We've got to fullfill the book

    Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
    Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
    All I ever had, redemption songs
    These songs of freedom, songs of freedom

  • talesin
    talesin

    Great song, Love_Truth, I can see why you say that ...

    Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
    None but ourselves can free our minds

    I got a compilation Marley CD for Xmas

    tal

  • Valis
    Valis

    On an Outkast kick for some reason..

    Behold A Lady Lyrics

    by Outkast

     [Andre 3000] Sophistophone {?}, aristocats Distinguished stars, clean up your acts Pull up your pants, ladies and gents Please, act like you got some sense You know what I really wanna know? Where do all the good girls go What clubs they hang in? [Chorus] Behold a lady I see you standin' on the wall Clap, clap... you deserve it all [Repeat] [Ad libs] Candy-coated unicorns are quite hard to find The classic lady, a rare breed indeed Is that make and model discontinued? [Verse 1] Today I might snow, tomorrow I'll rain 3000's always changing but you stay the same And I need that, hey I need that (in my life) When I feel washed up and inadequate And throw all my songs away, no matter how mad I get You make me smile, you make me smile You make me smile, you make me... (Hoooooooo!) You're the anchor that holds me down When my ship is sinking You won't let me drown and I'm grateful (Awwaww Awwawwawwawwawwwwawww!) [Chorus] [Verse 2] Yo' mama's old fashioned, yo' daddy don't play You'll always be this lovely 'Cause they raised you that way Hallelujah! Thank ya Jesus! Thank ya Lord! Thank ya Jesus! Thank ya Lord! Thank ya Jesus! Thank ya Lord! You're not extra, you're so plain Jane The yin to my yang, darlin' You've got that thang and you know it But yet you don't and that's what's so cool You don't say too much, but when you do it's profound In the street you hold your head high At home you get low down for me (Can't get no lower, can't get no lower, can't get no lower, yeah!) Hooo! You're the anchor that holds me down When my ship is sinking, you won't let me drown (Aaaaaaahh!) (Ad libs) Sad, but one day our kids will have to visit museums To see what a lady looks like So if you find one, I beg you, hold her tight If you spot one, good sir, treat her right This is Benjamin Andre signing off Thanks a million Good luck and goodnight [Chorus 2x] 
  • Badger
    Badger

    Andrew WK, for all his headbanging, is really inspirational:

    closing chorus from "Long Live the Party"

    The more that you can give it, the more it will be
    and if you do not have it, you can take it from me
    all we ever wanted was a thing to believe
    and now that we have found it, we have all that we need.

  • SpunkyChick
    SpunkyChick

    Fucking Hostile

    By Pantera

    Almost every day
    I see the same face
    On broken picture tube
    It fits the attitude
    If you could see yourself
    You put you on a shelf
    Your verbal masturbate
    Promise to nauseate
    Today I'll play the part of non-parent
    Not make a hundred rules
    For you to know about yoursef
    Not lie and make you believe
    What's evil is making love
    and making friends
    and meeting God you're own way
    The right way

    (Chorus)

    To see
    To bleed
    Cannot be taught
    In turn
    You're making us
    Fucking hostile

    We stand alone

    The truth in right and wrong
    The boundaries of the law
    You seem to miss the point
    Arresting for a joint?
    You seem to wonder why
    Hundreds of people die
    You're writing tickets man
    My mom got jumped -- they ran!
    Now I'll play a public servant

    To serve and protect
    By the law and the state
    I'd bust the punks
    That rape steal and murder
    And leave you be
    If you crossed me
    I'd shake your hand like a man
    Not a god

    (Chorus)
    Come meet your maker, boy
    Some things you can't enjoy
    Because of heaven/hell
    A fucking wives' tale
    They put it in your head
    Then put you in your bed
    He's watching say your prayers
    Cause God is everywhere
    Now I'll play a man learning priesthood
    Who's about to take the ultimate test in life
    I'd question things because I am human
    And call NO ONE my father who's no closer that a stranger

    I won't listen

    (Chorus)

  • fraidycat9
    fraidycat9

    Border Song

    Music by Elton John
    Lyrics by Bernie Taupin (last verse by Elton John)
    Holy Moses I have been removed
    I have seen the spectre he has been here too
    Distant cousin from down the line
    Brand of people who ain't my kind
    Holy Moses I have been removed

    Holy Moses I have been deceived
    Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave
    Won't you please excuse my frankness but it's not my cup of tea
    Holy Moses I have been deceived

    I'm going back to the border
    Where my affairs, my affairs ain't abused
    I can't take any more bad water
    I've been poisoned from my head down to my shoes

    Holy Moses I have been deceived
    Holy Moses let us live in peace
    Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease
    There's a man over there what's his colour I don't care
    He's my brother let us live in peace
    He's my brother let us live in peace
    He's my brother let us live in peace
  • five_crew
    five_crew

    Suds in the bucket

    * she was in the backyard- they say it was a little past nine* When her prince pulled up- a white pickup truck* Her folks shoulda seen it comin'- it was only just a matter of time* Plenty old enough- and you can't stop love* She stuck a note on the screen door- "sorry but I got to go"* That was all she wrote- her mamma's heart was broke* That was all she wrote- so the story goes* (chorus)* Now her daddy's in the kitchen-starin' out the window* scratchin' and a rackin' his brains* How could 18 years just up and walk away* Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman* Now shes gone in the blink of an eye* She left suds in the bucket* And the clothes out on the line* Now don't you wonder what the preacher's gonna preach about sunday morn* Nothing quite like this has happened here before* Well he must have been a looker- smooth talkin' son of gun* For such a grounded girl - to just up and run * Course you cant fence time -and you cant stop love* (2nd chorus) Now all the biddy's in the beauty shop gossip goin' non-stop* Sippin on pink lemonade* How could 18 years just up and walk away* Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman * Now shes gone in the blink of an eye* She left the suds in the bucket* and the clothes hangin' out on the line*(instrumental) (3rd chorus) * She's got her pretty little bare feet hangin' out the window* And they're headin' to Vegas tonight* How could 18 years just up and walk away* Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman* Now she's gone in the blink of an eye* She left the suds in the bucket* and the clothes hangin' out on the line

    reminds me of when i left

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