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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 07:13 AM
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OK, lyric time!
You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
I've been living on the edge so long
Where the winds of limbo roar
And I'm young enough to look at
And far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside
I'm not sure if there's anything left of me
Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating up our brains
Oh, please don't let these shakes go on
You ask me why I'm weary, why I can't speak to you
You blame me for my silence
Say it's time I changed and grew
But the war's still going on dear
And there's no end that I know
And I can't say if we're ever...
I can't say if we're ever gonna

be free
Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating out our brains
Oh, please don't let these shakes go on
You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
My energy's spent at last
And my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons and I'm helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all I'm made of
Did I hear you say that this is victory?
Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
Send me to the rear
Where the tides of madness swell
And been sliding into hell
Oh, please don't let these shakes go on
Don't let these shakes go on
Don't let these shakes go on

Khash.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 07:27 AM
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1. More lyric time.
and if i die today
i'll be the HAPPY phantom
and i'll go chasin'
the nuns out in the yard
and i'll run naked
through the streets without my mask on
and i will never need
umbrellas in the rain
i'll wake up in
strawberry fields every day
and the atrocities of school
i can forgive
the HAPPY phantom
has no right to bitch

oo who the time is getting closer
oo who time to be a ghost
oo who every day we're getting closer
the sun is getting dim
will we pay for who we been

so if i die today
i'll be the HAPPY phantom
and i'll go wearin'
my NAUGHTIES like a jewel
they'll be my ticket
to the universal opera
there's judy garland
taking buddha by the hand
and then these seven little men
get up to dance
they say confucius
does his crossword with a pen
i'm still the angel
to a girl who hates to SIN

oo who the time is getting closer
oo who time to be a ghost
oo who every day we're getting closer
the sun is getting dim
will i pay for who i been

or will i see you dear
and wish i could come back
you found a girl
that you could TRULY love again
will you still call for me
when she falls asleep
or do we soon forget the things
we cannot see

oo who the time is getting closer
oo who time to be a ghost
oo who every day we're getting closer
the sun is getting dim
will i pay for who i been

and if i die today
and if i die today
and if i die today
chasin' the nuns out in the yard
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 07:32 AM
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2. I think I love you
It was gonna be dueling lyrics and really cool... and then you did Tori Amos! I love that song!

Khash.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 07:37 AM
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3. Have you seen her live?
It's amazing. Last time I saw her I ended up unexpectedly hallucinating for the first half. Tori Amos being split diagonally into several directions. It was oddly appropriate.
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 08:00 AM
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4. Not recently....
Much to my shame. The girl really is amazing.

Khash.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 08:09 AM
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6. The best time was...
a few weeks after 9-11 at a solo show in NYC. It was just her and three pianos onstage...of course, she'd use them all in a single song. It was a very long show and she was definitely at the top of her game. Rufus Wainwright opened and he was good too.

It was cool seeing her on her 40th birthday too. The audience sang Happy Birthday and the crew presented her with a cake onstage.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 08:07 AM
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5. More lyrics


Don't talk to me about justice, freedom, truth and democracy,
When all you left me were false hopes, lies, empty promises,
Now you're crying betrayal, demanding attention and sympathy,
You forget your own treason, your actions and the consequences
of your selfish behaviour, don't make out that you're the innocent party!

You played the cards you were dealt with unwisely; you didn't listen to me,
You tried to bluff once too often, you were called out, cheating in the first degree
Just a sheep in wolf's clothing, a cowboy, a charlatan a chevalier,
A naïve knave among princes you weren't quite what you appeared to be!

Now all you see is all you get; it's in your face, nowhere else left to hide,
Just face the truth and face the facts you're on your own, no one left on your side

You blame it all on the system you worked in you helped to perpetuate
You sold out all of your secrets; you sold short all your big ideas

You were flying too high not a care in the world you thought that you'd never come down;
You forgot all the rules, lost sight of the ground
Didn't think that you ever could fall,
A fool on the wing flew too close to the sun; you burned out and dropped out the sky,
And everyone stared but did anyone care
no-one remembers your name,

Now you can't trust your own instincts, you don't know who or what to believe,
You were blind in the spotlight you reached out for conspiracies.

There's times you feel you lost your mind, you've lost control the very will to survive,
Just pick yourself up of the ground, get dusted down, and get back in the fight

You were flying too high not a care in the world you thought that you'd never come down;
You forgot all the rules, lost sight of the ground
Didn't think that you ever could fall.
A fool on the wing flew too close to the sun; you burned out and dropped out the sky,
And everyone stared but did anyone care
No one remembers your name,

Now that you're down to your last hope, the long shot, now you're down on your knees,
Begging me for one last chance, one more golden opportunity

And all you see is all you get; it's in your face, nowhere else left to hide,
Just face the truth and face the facts you're on your own, no one left on your side

You once had the World at your feet but your conscience wandered in clouds,
You lost sight of your goals; your vision was blurred when the towers one day disappeared.
Everyone stared, no one believed as the images burned on our screens,
That a world had just changed, the dream evaporates,

no more innocent parties!
no more innocent parties!
no more innocent parties!
no more innocent parties!
no more innocent parties!
no more innocent parties!


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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 11:56 AM
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7. These always make me tear up
It was all that I could do to keep from crying
Sometimes it seems so useless to remain
You don't have to call me darling, darling
You never ever even call me by my name
Steve Goodman
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