Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

It's not like this town to set you free
The more you look, the less you see

..Not to hail a barren sky
The sifting cloth is weeping red
The mourning veil is waving high
A field of stars and tears we've shed
In the sky a broken flag
Children wave and raise their arms
We'll be gone but they'll go on and on and on and on and on

We're flirtin' with disaster
Ya'll know what I mean
And the way we run our lives
It makes no sense to me
I don't know about yourself or what you want to be, yeah
When we gamble with our time
We choose our destiny

Shoot Em in Black and White
Bring Me the Prints Tonight
I Know, You Know there's a Mug in the Shot!
Give me a Hint of Style
Give me the Kray Profile
I Know, You Know there's a Mug in the Shot!

You ask what is this?
Mind your business

 newwavegurly wrote:


  

People tell me I haven't changed at all
But I don't feel the same
And I bet you've had that feeling too
You can't laugh all the time

"My heart is like a warmed over brownie"

-Original lyric (not mine) @ Open Mic

He doesn't talk much anymore
Just to the voices in his head

When the cold wind blows
The seeds we gather
From the gardener's glove
Live forever
Nothing dies of too much love

Tears and flowers
Dry over time
Memory leaves us
Melody and rhyme

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say, "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

I remember listening to "Sail Away" by Randy Newman when I was in college , & yesterday the first couple of lines popped into my head for some reason. I decided to look up the lyrics to refresh my memory of the song and noticed the line, "Climb aboard little wog, sail away with me." I thought, "That's what he said, what's a wog?" So I looked that up. Totally changed the song for me.

In America you get food to eat
Won't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet
You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
It's great to be an American

Ain't no lion or tiger, ain't no mamba snake
Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
Everybody is as happy as a man can be
Climb aboard little wog, sail away with me

Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

In America every man is free
To take care of his home and his family
You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
You're all gonna be an American

Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away, sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark

Our Lord loves the family, our Lord loves the saved
Our Lord loves the unborn babies and the NRA
Our Lord hates the liberals, the faggots, and their friends
We're soldiers of Christ and we're here to defend
The way it used to be
The way it ought to be
The way it's going to be again

 pilgrim wrote:

you know i think she used to smile like you.

I used to sometime try to catch her
but never even caught her name

I can't quit you baby
So I'm gonna put you down for awhile
I said I can't quit you baby
I guess I gotta put you down for awhile
....
My love for you I could never hide
Oh, you know I love you baby
My love for you I could never hide
Oh when I feel you near me little < girl >
I know you are my one desire
...
Oh, when you hear me, honey, baby
You know you're my one desire
Yes, you are