Share A Favorite Song.

[Kathleen]

This is one of my favorites.
Garden Party

- Artist: Rick Nelson
- peak Billboard position # 6 in 1972
- inspired by Rick's experience at a Madison Square Garden concert
- Words and Music by Rick Nelson

I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends
A chance to share old memories and play our songs again
When I got to the garden party, they all knew my name
No one recognized me, I didn't look the same

CHORUS
But it's all right now, I learned my lesson well.
You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself

People came from miles around, everyone was there
Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air
'n' over in the corner, much to my surprise
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise

CHORUS

lott-in-dah-dah-dah, lot-in-dah-dah-dah

Played them all the old songs, thought that's why they came
No one heard the music, we didn't look the same
I said hello to "Mary Lou", she belongs to me
When I sang a song about a honky-tonk, it was time to leave

CHORUS

lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)
lot-in-dah-dah-dah

Someone opened up a closet door and out stepped Johnny B. Goode
Playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell and lookin' like he should
If you gotta play at garden parties, I wish you a lotta luck
But if memories were all I sang, I rather drive a truck

CHORUS

lot-dah-dah-dah (lot-dah-dah-dah)
lot-in-dah-dah-dah

'n' it's all right now, learned my lesson well
You see, ya can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself

[Kathleen]

Jim Croce Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Well the South side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Leroy Brown

Now Leroy more than trouble
You see he stand 'bout six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him Treetop Lover
All the mens just call him Sir

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Leroy he a gambler
And he like his fancy clothes
And he like to wave his diamond rings
In front of everybody's nose
He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Well Friday bout a week ago
Leroy shootin' dice
And at the edge of the bar
Sat a girl named Doris
And ooh that girl looked nice
Well he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
And Leroy Brown learned a lesson
'Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog,

Well the two men took to fightin'
And when they pulled them from the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

 

[George Jung]

"Hey Hey What Can I Do"
B-side by Led Zeppelin
from the album 'Led Zeppelin (boxed set)
Released October, 1990
Recorded 1970
Genre Rock
Length 3:55
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Page/Plant/Jones/Bonham
Producer(s) Jimmy Page
Chart positions
16 Billboard charts


Wanna tell you bout the girl I love.
My, she looks so fine
An shes the only one that Ive been dreamin of,
Maybe someday she will be all mine.
I wanna tell her that I love her so,
I thrill with her every touch,
I need to tell her shes the only one I really lo__ve.

I got a woman, wan ball all day.
I got a woman, she wont be true no.
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time.
I said I got a little woman and she wont be true.

On sunday mornin when we go down to church
See the menfolk standin in line.
Dont say they come to pray to the lord
But when my little girl looks so fine.
An in the evenin when the sun is sinkin low
Everybodys with the one they love.
I walk the town, keep-a searchin all around,
Lookin for my street corner girl.

I got a woman, wan ball all day yeah.
I got a woman, she wont be true no, no.
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time.
I said I got a little woman and she wont be true.

An in the bars with the men who play guitars,
Singin, drinkin and rememberin the time,
A-my little lover does a midnight shift,
She fool around-a all a the time.
I guess theres just one thing then left for me to do:
Gonna pack my bags an move on my way
A-cause I got a worried mind sharin what I thought was mine.
Gonna leave her where the guitars play.

I got a woman, she wont be true no, no.
I got a woman, wanna ball all day-yeah-yeah now, now.
I got a woman, stay drunk all the time.
I got a little woman and she wont be true.

Hey, hey what can I do?
I said she wont be true no. yeah-no, yeah-no,
Whoah-ho what can I say?
Yeah-no, yeah-no. [ ahhh__ ]

Hey, hey what can I do?
[ __hhh__ ] keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin,
&nbspkeep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin.
Whoah-ho what can I say?
[ __hhh. ] she wanna ball.

Hey, hey what can I do?
A-keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin, keep ballin,
&nbspkeep ballin yeah, yeah.
Whoah-ho what can I say?
A-boogie, a-boogie chillun. a-boogie, a-boogie chillun.

Hey, hey what can I do?
Hahh-yeah, ah-yeah, ah-yeah, ah-yeah.
Whoah-ho what can I say?
Hey, hey what can I do? I got a woman, she wont be true.

Hey, hey what can I do?
Ah-whoah~whoah~whoah hear what I say.
I got a woman, wanna ball all day.
Whoah-ho what can I say?
Keep ballin, keep ballin

Who__ahhh-ho-ho-ho-ho.
Hey, hey what can I do?
Ooh.

[goofynina]

Imagine by John Lennon

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

[charee]

THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND ME  PEAL JAM

I will come to you in the daytime
I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
As I go runnin' down your street

I will squeeze the life right out of you
I will make you laugh, and make you cry
And we may never forget it
As I make you call my name as you shout it to the blue, summer sky

And we may never meet again
So shed your skin lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
And you will throw your arms around me

I will come to you at nightime
I will climb into your bed
I will kiss you in 195 places
As I go swim around in your head

I will squeeze the life right out of you
I will make you laugh, I'll make you cry
And we may never forget it
As I make you call my name as you shout it to the blue, summer sky

And we may never meet again
So shed your skin lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
And you will throw your arms around me

Ohh yeah, uh huh, uh huh...
Ohh yeah, uh hum, ooh...
Ohh yeah, uh huh, uh huh...
Oh...and you will throw your arms around me...

 

[Wattle]

Hey Charee!! Thats MY song. Its an old Hunters and Collectors Song. Release date 1984. OHHh Mark Seymour.
I have great memories triggered by this song. The best version is the acoustic version. I am listening to it as I type!!     

"Throw Your Arms Around Me" is the song that Hunters and Collectors are best remembered for - for better or worse. It still gets played at least somewhere in the country at most times of the day. Whenever a "best Australian songs" list comes up, the chances are Throw Your Arms will be in there somewhere. Big names have covered the song - artists such as Pearl Jam and Crowded House, who have sold more records than Hunters and Collectors could have dreamed of.

It's an Aussie Song 

Lyrics

I will come for you at night time
I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
I'll go running along your street
I will squeeze the life out of you
You will make me laugh and make me cry
We will never forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me

I dreamed of you at night time
And I watched you in your sleep
I met you in high places
I touched your head and touched your feet
So if you disappear out of view
You know, I will never say goodbye
Though I try to forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
Yeah you will throw you arms around me
(repeat to end)

[charee]

Hey Charee!! Thats MY song. Its an old Hunters and Collectors Song. Release date 1984. OHHh Mark Seymour.

Hey Wattle i love both versions I told Russell I want it played at my funeral

[Joe Paul]

 KANSAS
Miracles Out Of Nowhere



On a crystal morning I can see the dewdrops falling
Down from a gleaming heaven, I can hear the voices call
When you comin' home now, son, the World is not for you
Tell me what's you point of view
Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know
Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show
Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away
Tell me what made you that way

(Chorus)
Here I am just waiting for a sign
Asking questions, learning all the time
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love, and miracles out of nowhere

Tell me now dear Mother, what's it like to be so old
Children grown and leavin', seems the world is growin' cold
And though your body's ailin' you, your mind is just like new
Tell me where you're goin' to

It's so simple right before your eyes
If you'll look through this disguise
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love and miracles out of nowhere

I sang this song a hundred, maybe a thousand years ago
No one ever listens, I just play and then I go
Off into the sunset like the western heroes do
Tell me what you're gonna do

Here I am, I'm sure to see a sign
All my life I knew that it was mine
It's always here, it's always there
It's just love and miracles out of nowhere

[okarol]

one of my favorites

Unchained Melody

Righteous Brothers


Oh! My love, my darling,
I've hungered for your touch,
A long, Lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I need your love.
God, speed your love to me.
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea, yeah.
Lonely rivers sigh, wait for me, wait for me,
I'll be coming home, wait for me.
Oh! My love, my darling,
I've hungered, hungered!, for your touch,
A long lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I, I need your love.
God speed your love to me.

here it is from Ghost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdKXVWuIj9E

[keefer51]

"If it be your will" by, Leanord Cohen. If it be your will   That i speak no more   And my voice be still   As it was before I will speak no more  I shall abide until   I am spoken for  If it be your will  If it be your will  That a voice be true  From this broken hill   I will sing to you   From this broken hill  All your praises they shall ring  If it be your will  To let me sing From this broken hill  All your praises they shall ring  If it be your will to let me sing.     If it be your will  If there is a choice  Let the rivers fill  Let the hills rejoice  Let your mercy spill  On all these burning hearts in hell  If it be your will To make us well.     And draw us near  And bind us tight  All your children here  In their rags of light  In our rags of light  All dressed to kill  And end this night  If it be your will.      If it be your will.

[goofynina]

Karol, that was the song my hubby dedicated to me at my wedding, the Marimba band played it and oh, it was just so beautiful, romantic and awesome, 

(with all that is going on in my life, this is one song that helps me keep going)
Louis Armstrong's
What A Wonderful  World

I see trees of green........ red roses too
I see em bloom..... for me and for you
And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue..... clouds of white
Bright blessed days....dark sacred nights
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.

The colors of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....sayin.. how do you do
Theyre really sayin......i love you.

I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
Theyll learn much more.....than Ill never know
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world

(instrumental break)

The colors of a rainbow.....so pretty ..in the sky
Are there on the faces.....of people ..going by
I see friends shaking hands.....sayin.. how do you do
Theyre really sayin...*spoken*(I ....love....you).

I hear babies cry...... I watch them grow
*spoken*(you know their gonna learn
A whole lot more than Ill never know)
And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself .......what a wonderful world.

Oh yeaaaaaaaaaah...........

[keefer51]

This song is by LeeAnn Womack it's called "I hope you dance"    I hope you never lose your sense of wonder  You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger  May you never take one single breath for granted  God forbid love ever leave you empty handed  I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean  Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens  Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance  And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance  I hope you dance  i hope you dance  I hope you never fear those moutains in the distance  Never settle for the path of least resistance  Livin might mean takin chances but there worth takin  Lovin might be a mistake but it's worth makin  Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter  When you come close to sellin out reconsider  Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance  And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance  I hope you dance  I hope you dance  [chorus]  Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along.  Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder where those years have gone.   When this song came out i didn't give it too much thought. The last time i saw my daughter she said; "Daddy, if there was ever a song that was about you this is it."

[glitter]

This is both my favorite song and our wedding song


Nothing Else Matters  --Metallica

 
 So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they say
never cared for games they play
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
and I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No, nothing else matters



 

[tweetykiss]

Artist: Boy George
Title:  Time


Don't put your head on my shoulder
Sink me in a river of tears
This could be the best place yet
But you must overcome your fears

Chorus:
In time it could have been so much more
The time is precious I know
In time it could have been so much more
The time has nothing to show

Because time won't give me time
And time makes lovers feel
Like they've got something real
But you and me we know
They've got nothing but time
And time won't give me time
Won't give me time

Don't make me feel any colder
Time is like a clock of my heart
Touch we touch was the heat too much
I felt I lost you from the start

Chorus (Repeat to end)

[tweetykiss]

Artist: Al Green Lyrics
Song: Let's Stay Together Lyrics
I'm, I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is alright with me
'Cause you make me feel, so brand new
And I want to spend my life with you

Me sayin' since, baby, since we've been together
Ooo, loving you forever
Is what I need
Let me, be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue
Ooo baby

Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

Oooo oooo ooo ooo, yeah
Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad

Why somebody, why people break up
Oh, and turn around and make up
I just can't seeeeeeeee
You'd never do that to me
(Would you baby)
'Cause being around you is all I see
It's why I want us to

Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

Let's, let's stay together
Loving you whether, whether

[glitter]

ROB THOMAS MAKES ME GIGGLE!!!




"Ever The Same"

We were drawn from the weeds
We were brave like soldiers
Falling down under the pale moonlight
You were holding to me
Like a someone broken
And I couldn't tell you but I'm telling you now

Just let me hold you while you're falling apart
Just let me hold you and we'll both fall down

Fall on me
Tell me everything you want me to be
Forever with you forever in me
Ever the same

We would stand in the wind
We were free like water
Flowing down
Under the warmth of the sun
Now it's cold and we're scared
And we've both been shaken
Hey, look at us
Man, this doesn't need to be the end

Just let me hold you while you're falling apart
Just let me hold you and we'll both fall down

Fall on me tell me everything you want me to be
Forever with you
Forever in me
Ever the same
Call on me
I'll be there for you and you'll be there for me
Forever it's you
Forever in me
Ever the same

You may need me there
To carry all your weight
But you're no burden I assure
You tide me over
With a warmth I'll not forget
But I can only give you love

Fall on me tell me everything you want me to be
Forever with you
Forever in me
Ever the same
Call on me
I'll be there for you and you'll be there for me
Forever it's you
Forever in me
Ever the same

Forever with you
Forever in me
Ever the same(Ever the same)

[tubes]

Love this song!

Nickelback - If Everyone Cared


From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen I, I'm alive
Singing Amen I, I'm alive

[CHORUS]
If everyone cared and nobody cried,
If everyone loved and nobody lied,
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
We'd see the day, when nobody died
And I'm singing

Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen I, I'm alive
Singing Amen I, I'm alive

[CHORUS (X2)]

And as we lie beneath the stars,
We realize how small we are,
If they could love like you and me,
Imagine what the world could be

[CHORUS (X2)]

We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died

[Wattle]

Ingrid Michaelson

The Way I Am

If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I'd find a match.

Cuz I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.

If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I'll make it better.

Cuz I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.

I'd buy you Rogaine if you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.

Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.     

[George Jung]

Smashing Pumpkins

"Mayonaise"



Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
Doomed
Pick your pockets full of sorrow
And run away with me tomorrow
June

We'll try and ease the pain
But somehow we'll feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream
I'm rumored to the straight and narrow
While the harlots of my perils
Scream

And I fail
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
That cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling
So bad

When I can, I will
Words defy the plan
When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
And cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me
I just want to be me
When I can, I will
Try to understand
That when I can, I will

[keefer51]

Bonnie Raitt. I can't make you love me.    Turn down the lights  Turn down the bed  Turn down those voices inside my head  Lay down with me, tell me no lies  Just hold me close, don't patronize  don't patronize me.     Cause i can't make you love me if you don't  You can't make your heart feel something it won't  Here in the dark, in these final hours  I will lay down my heart and i'll feel the power  But you won't, no you won't  Cause i can't make you love me if you don't.     I'll close my eyes, then i won't see  The love you don't feel when your holdin me  Mornin will come and i'll do whats right  Just give me till then to give up this fight  And i will give up this fight.     Cause i can't make you love me if you don't  You can't make your heart feel something it won't  Here in the dark in these final hours  I will lay down my heart and i'll feel the power.    But you won't  no you won't    Cause i can't make you love me if you don't.

[George Jung]

SINATRA
Fly Me To The Moon


Fly me to the moon and
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song and
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore



In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words...
In other words, I love you

[meadowlandsnj]

Skyline Pigeon
 


Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Empty Sky
January, 1973
 
 


Turn me loose from your hands
Let me fly to distant lands
Over green fields, trees and mountains
Flowers and forest fountains
Home along the lanes of the skyway

For this dark and lonely room
Projects a shadow cast in gloom
And my eyes are mirrors
Of the world outside
Thinking of the way
That the wind can turn the tide
And these shadows turn
From purple into grey

For just a Skyline Pigeon
Dreaming of the open
Waiting for the day
He can spread his wings
And fly away again
Fly away skyline pigeon fly
Towards the dreams
You've left so very far behind

Just let me wake up in the morning
To the smell of new mown hay
To laugh and cry, to live and die
In the brightness of my day

I want to hear the pealing bells
Of distant churches sing
But most of all please free me
From this aching metal ring
And open out this cage towards the sun

[Sluff]

One of many favorites.

Keith Whitley  If a broken heart could kill

Oh it's choking me to death
I can hardly catch my breath
It happens when I think of you
And I think it always will
Every day that passes by
It's just one more way to die
Lord knows I'd be gone now on
If a broken heart could kill

Why didn't you just take a gun
And shoot me where I stood?
And put an end to this misery
For good

But you know, I'm still alive
And somehow I will survive
But Lord knows I'd be cold and still
If a broken heart could kill

Why didn't you just take a gun
And shoot me where I stood?
Lord knows if I had the nerve enough
I would

But you know, I'm still alive
And somehow I will survive
But Lord knows I'd be cold and still
If a broken heart could kill

[Sluff]

George Jones - A Place Out In The Country

For thirty some odd years he faced a grinder in the city,
hustlin' day in day out just tryin' to survive,
he bought his wife the finer things,and sent his kids to college,
that always took what little bit he tried to put aside,
But thru it all he had one thing that seemed to keep him going,
a dream that someday he could leave this city life behind,
I watched his hair turn thin and gray, but his dream never faded,
he told me all about it at least a thousand times.

(chorus)
He always wanted, a place out in the country,
where the birds sing, in the morning,and the grass is emerald green,
a place where, he could feel the mornin' sunshine,
and sit out in the evenin', where the air is, fresh and clean.

It took lots of overtime to keep his wife up with the jonses,
and more to get his son out of his run-ins with the law,
the more it took the more he gave, never once complaining,
I don't know how he ever stood the pressure of it all.

I never thought he'd make it, but he finally left the city,
and now he's got that special little place to call his own,
today I took a ride out in the country just to see him,
it wasn't hard to find because his name was on the stone.
(repeat chorus)x 2

[bdpoe]

It was 40 years ago this year. George Harrison's offering from Sgt. Peppers

Within You Without You

We were talking-about the space between us all
And the people-who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth-then it's far too late-when they pass away.
We were talking-about the love we all could share-when we find it
To try our best to hold it there-with our love
With our love-we could save the world-if they only knew.
Try to realise it's all within yourself
No-one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small,
And life flows within you and without you.
We were talking-about the love that's gone so cold and the people,

Who gain the world and lose their soul-
They don't know-they can't see-are you one of them?
When you've seen beyond yourself-then you may find, peace of mind,
Is waiting there-
And the time will come when you see
we're all one, and life flows on within you and without you.