Song Lyrics

[humanflyz]

Nas-Life's A B****

featuring AZ the Visualiza (trumpet by Olu Dara)

[AZ] Aiyyo, wassup wassup let's keep it real son
Count this money, yaknowhatI'msayin?
[Nas] Yea yea
[AZ] Aiyyo, put the Grant's over there in the safe yaknowhatI'msayin?
[Nas] Yea yea
[AZ] Cause we spendin these Jackson's
The Washington's go to wifey, you know how that go
[Nas] I'm sayin, that's what this is all about right?
Clothes, bankrolls, and hoes yaknowhatI'msayin?
Yo then what man, what?? *echoes*

Verse One: AZ the Visualiza

Visualizin the realism of life and actuality
**** who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary
And my mentality is, money orientated
I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as five percenters
But somethin must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners
Now some, restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin
Others such as myself are tryin to carry on tradition
Keepin the schwepervesence street ghetto essence inside us
Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us
Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go
but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin with some kind of dough
so, and to that day we expire and turn to vapors
me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty papers
Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high
Cause life's a ***** and then you die

Chorus: AZ the Visualiza

Life's a ***** and then you die; that's why we get high
Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a ***** and then you die; that's why we puff lye
Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a ***** and then you die; that's why we get high
Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a ***** and then you die; that's why we puff lye
--> chorus #1 echoes at the end

Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a ***** and then you die
--> chorus #2 includes these lines, echoes at the end

Verse Two: Nas

I woke up early on my born day, I'm twenty years of blessing
The essence of adolescent leaves my body now I'm fresh in
My physical frame is celebrated cause I made it
One quarter through life some God-ly like thing created
Got rhymes 365 days annual plus some
Load up the mic and bust one, cuss while I puffs from
my skull cause it's pain in my brain vein money maintain
Don't go against the grain simple and plain
When I was young at this I used to do my thing hard
Droppin foreigners take they wallets they jewels and rip they green cards
Dipped to the projects flashin my quick cash
and got my first piece of ass smokin blunts with hash
Now it's all about cash in abundance, niggaz I used to run with
is rich or doin years in the hundreds
I switched my motto -- instead of sayin **** tommorrow
That buck that bought a bottle could've struck the lotto
Once I stood on the block, loose cracks produce stacks
I cooked up and cut small pieces to get my loot back
Time is Illmatic keep static like wool fabric
Pack a four-matic that crack your whole cavity

Chorus

*Olu Dara plays trumpet until fade*

[ThorinOakensfield]

I couldn't be bothered to look through the thread to see what songs have been listed or not.

Motorhead- Born To Raise Hell

Listen up here, I'll make it quite clear
I'm gonna put some boogie in your ear
Shake and bop, don't you stop
Cance like a maniak until you drop

I don't mind, I don't mind
I can tun a razor right up your spine
What are you waiting for
What do you think you were created for

Show us, you care, show us you dare
You don't know what happened, not if you weren't there

Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
We know how to do it and we do it real well
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
Voodoo medicine cast my spell
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
Play that guitar just like ringing a bell
Take it or leave it

Going for broke, rock 'til you choke
It don't matter if you drink or smoke
Speak through the beat, get up on your feet
Sweating like a hpund dog, white as a sheet

Don't you be scared, don't you be scared
Everybody terrified, it don't seem fair
What are you waiting for
What do you think you were created for

Out of your seat, blind in the heat
Do the nasty boogie mama, stomp your feet
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell

We know how to do it and we do it real well
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
We know how to do it and we do it real well
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
Go back to zero take a pill and get well
Be a good soldier and die where you fell

Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
We know how to do it and we do it real well
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
Go on out and boogie 'cos you never can tell
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
Be a good soldier and die where you fell
Born to raise hell, Born to raise hell
We know how to do it and we do it real well

[ThorinOakensfield]

Metallica- And Justice for All

Halls of justice painted green
Money talking
Power wolves beset your door
Hear them stalking
Soon you'll please their appetite
They devour
Hammer of justice crushes you
Overpower

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you

Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real

Apathy their stepping stone
So unfeeling
Hidden deep animosity
So deceiving
Through your eyes their light burns
Hoping to find
Inquisition sinking you
With prying minds

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price you pay
Nothing can save you

Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real

Lady justice has been raped
Truth assassin
Rolls of red tape seal your lips
Now you're done in
Their money tips her scales again
Make your deal
Just what is truth?i cannot tell
Cannot feel

The ultimate in vanity
Exploiting their supremacy
I can't believe the things you say
I can't believe
I can't believe the price we pay
Nothing can save you

Justice is lost
Justice is raped
Justice is gone
Pulling your strings
Justice is done
Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real

Seeking no truth
Winning is all
Find it so grim
So true
So real




Metallica- The Unforgiven (sorry for the caps)

4. The Unforgiven

[HETFIELD/ULRICH/HAMMET]

NEW BLOOD JOINS THIS EARTH
AND QUICKLY HE'S SUBDUED
THROUGH CONSTANT PAINED DISGRACE
THE YOUNG BOY LEARNS THEIR RULES
WITH TIME THE CHILD DRAWS IN
THIS WHIPPING BOY DONE WRONG
DEPRIVED OF ALL HIS THOUGHTS
THE YOUNG MAN STRUGGLES ON AND ON HE'S KNOWN
A VOW UNTO HIS OWN
THAT NEVER FROM THIS DAY
HIS WILL THEY'LL TAKE AWAY
WHAT I'VE FELT
WHAT I'VE KNOWN
NEVER SHINED THROUGH IN WHAT I'VE SHOWN
NEVER BE
NEVER SEE
WON'T SEE WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
WHAT I'VE FELT
WHAT I'VE KNOWN
NEVER SHINED THROUGH IN WHAT I'VE SHOWN
NEVER FREE
NEVER ME
SO I DUB THE UNFORGIVEN
THEY DEDICATE THEIR LIVES
TO RUNNING ALL OF HIS
HE TRIES TO PLEASE THEM ALL
THIS BITTER MAN HE IS
THROUGH OUT HIS LIFE THE SAME
HE'S BATTLED CONSTANTLY
THIS FIGHT HE CANNOT WIN
I TIRED MAN THEY SEE NO LONGER CARES
THE OLD MAN THEN PREPARES
TO DIE REGRETFULLY
THAT OLD MAN HERE IS ME
WHAT I'VE FELT
WHAT I'VE KNOWN
NEVER SHINED THROUGH IN WHAT I'VE SHOWN
NEVER BE
NEVER SEE
WON'T SEE WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
WHAT I'VE FELT
WHAT I'VE KNOWN
NEVER SHINED THROUGH IN WHAT I'VE SHOWN
NEVER FREE
NEVER ME
SO I DUB THE UNFORGIVEN
YOU LABELED ME
I'LL LABEL YOU
SO I DUB THE UNFORGIVEN




No Leaf Clover

And it feels right this time
On his crash course with the big time
Paid no mind to the distant thunder
Today filled his head with wonder... boy

Says it feels right this time
Turn around and found the light lime
Good day to be alive... sir
Good day to be alive he said

Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train comin your way
Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train comin your way

Don't it feel right like this
All the pieces fall to his wish
Sucker for that quick reward... boy
Sucker for that quick reward they said

Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train comin your way
Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train comin your way
It's comin' your way
It's comin your way
It comes!

Then it comes to be that the soothing light
At the end of your tunnel
Was just a freight train comin your way

Then it comes to be... yeah

[ThorinOakensfield]

Rage Against the Machine- People of the Sun


Yeah people come up
Yeah, we better turn tha bass up on this one
Check it,

Since 1516 minds attacked and overseen
Now crawl amidst the ruins of this empty dream
Wit their borders and boots on top of us
Pullin' knobs on the floor of their toxic metropolis
But how you gonna get what you need ta get?
Tha gut eaters, blood drenched get offensive like Tet
Tha fifth sun sets get back reclaim
Tha spirit of Cuahtemoc alive an untamed
Now face tha funk now blastin' out ya speaker, on tha one Maya, Mexica
That vulture came ta try and steal ya name
But now you got a gun, yeah this is for the people of the sun

It's comin' back around again
This is for the people of the sun
It's comin' back around again! Uh

Yeah, neva forget that tha wip snapped ya back
Ya spine cracked for tobacco, oh I'm the Marlboro man, uh
Our past blastin' on through the verses
Brigades of taxi cabs rollin' Broadway like hearses
Troops strippin' zoots, shots of red mist,
Sailors blood on tha deck, come sista resist
From tha era of terror check this photo lens,
Now tha city of angels does the ethnic cleanse
Uh, heads bobbin' to tha funk out ya speaker, on tha one Maya, Mexica
That vulture came to try and steal ya name
But now you found a gun, you're history, this is for the people of the sun

It's comin' back around again!
This is for the people of the sun!
It's comin' back around again! Yeah!

Of the sun



Killing In The Name Semi-edited- a bit inappropriate. If the mods want it gone I'll get rid of it- Suggestive Theme

Killing in the name of
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that burn crosses
Huh!

Killing in the name of
Killing in the name of

And now you do what they told ya (11 times)
But now you do what they told ya
Well now you do what they told ya

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses
Some of those that were forces are the same that bore crosses
Uggh!

Killing in the name of
Killing in the name of

And now you do what they told ya (4 times)
And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control (7 times)
And now you do what they told ya!

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites
Come on!

(Guitar solo)

**** you, I won't do what you tell me (8 times)
**** you, I won't do what you tell me! (8 times)
************!
Ugh!





Testify

The movie ran through me
The Glamour subdue me
The tabloid untie me
Im empty please fill me
Mister anchor assure me
That Baghdad is burning
Your voice it is so soothing
That cunning mantra of killing
I need you my witness
To dress this up so bloodless
To numb me and purge me now
Of thoughts of blaming you
Yes the car is our wheelchair
My witness your coughing
Oily silence mocks the legless
Now traveling in coffins

But on the corner
The jurys sleepless
We found your weakness
And its right outside your door

Now testify
Now testify
Its right outside your door
Now testify
Yes testify
Its right outside your door

With precision you feed me
My witness Im hungry
Your temple it calms me
So I can carry on
My slaving, sweating,
The skin right off my bones
On a bed of fire Im choking
On the smoke that fills my home
The wrecking ball is rushing
Witness your blushing
The pipeline is gushing
While here we lie in tombs

While on the corner
The jurys sleepless
We found your weakness
And its right outside your door

Now testify
Yeah testify
Its right outside your door
Now Testify
Now Testify
And its right outside your door

Mass graves for the pump and the price is set, and the price is set
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set, and the price is set
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set, and the price is set
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set, and the price is set

Who controls the past now controls the future
Who controls the present now controls the past
Who controls the past now controls the future
Who controls the present now?

Now Testify
Testify
Its right outside your door
Now Testify
Testify
Its right outside your door

[Mr Sleep]

Charles Mingus - Better Git it on your Soul

Oh Lord, I know what I know!
I know what I know!
I know what I know!
I know what I know!

[Tybaltus]

Well this song contains the first lines I put into my sig.

You Get What You Give by New Radicals

Wake up kids
We've got the dreamers disease
Age 14 we got you down on your knees
So polite, you're busy still saying please
Fri-enemies, who when you're down ain't your friend
Every night we smash their Mercedes-Benz
First we run and then we laugh till we cry
But when the night is falling
and you cannot find the light
If you feel your dream is dying
Hold tight
You've got the music in you
Don't let go
You've got the music in you
One dance left
This world is gonna pull through
Don't give up
You've got a reason to live
Can't forget you only get what you give
Four a.m. we ran a miracle mile
were flat broke but hey we do it in style
The bad rich
God's flying in for your trial

[chorus]

This whole damn world can fall apart
You'll be ok follow your heart
You're in harms way
I'm right behind
Now say youre mine

[chorus]

Fly high
What's real can't die
You only get what you give
Just dont be afraid to leave
Health insurance rip off lying FDA big bankers buying
Fake computer crashes dining
Cloning while they're multiplying
Fashion mag shoots
with the aid of 8 dust brothers Beck, Hanson
Courtney Love and Marilyn Manson
You're all fakes
Run to your mansions
Come around
We'll kick your ass in!
Don't let go
One dance left

[seraphshattered]

ok..i don't know why i didn't think of this before...

<insert any cocteau twins lyrics here>

[Mr Sleep]

Originally posted by seraphshattered
ok..i don't know why i didn't think of this before...

<insert any cocteau twins lyrics here>

Very good

[frogus]

Empty spaces,
what are we living for?
Abandoned places
I guess we know the score
On and on... does anybody know what we are looking for...

Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore

The show must go on,
The show must go on

Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.

Whatever happens,
I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache,
another failed romance
On and on... does anybody know what we are living for?

I guess I'm learning,
I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning,
round the corner now

Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

The show must go on
The show must go on

Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on

My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends

The show must go on
The show must go on

I'll face it with a grin
I'll never give it in
On - with the show -

I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will
to carry on
On with the
with the show...
The show must go on...

[Dottie]

To bad there is a huge step between thinking and acting for some of us...

Project Pitchfork - Mindcage

for all who didn't get it yet
we're living in the age of change
that means you should change yourself
don't wait until the others will

you have the power
to change the world
small reason huge effects
small reason huge effects

time is running away
second for second
break out of your mind-cage
and control your rage
you're responsible
you're responsible
understand that
understand that
don't be a cog-wheel anymore
don't be a cog-wheel anymore

don't sit there
move your ass
one is all
and all is one
don't sit there
move your ass
all is one
and one is all

every little thing you do
causes huge effects
the whole world
depends on your actions
you're responsible
you're responsible
understand that
understand that
the moon is red
the sun burns
the moon is red
the sun burns
time is running away
time is running away
second for second
second for second

time is running away
second for second
break out of your mind-cage
and control your rage
you're responsible
you're responsible
understand that
understand that
don't be a cog-wheel anymore
don't be a cog-wheel anymore

[Robnark]

The Arnold Rimmer Munchkin Song
by Arnold Rimmer (taken from Red Dwarf)

If you're in trouble he will save the day
He's brave and he's fearless come what may
Without him the mission would go astray

He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
Without him life would be much grimmer
He's handsome, trim, and no-one slimmer
He will never need a zimmer

He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
More reliable than a garden strimmer
He's never been mistaken for Yul Brynner
He's not bald, and his head doesn't glimmer

Master of the wit and the repartee
His command of space directives is uncanny
How come he's such a genius?
Don't ask me!

Ask Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
He's also a fantastic swimmer
And if you play your cards right
Then he just might come round for dinner

He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer
No rhymes left now apart from quimmer
We hope they fade us out before we get to schlimmer
Fade out you stupid plimmer

[C Elegans]

Originally posted by frogus
Noone does it like Prince Apart from....*fanfare* my other favourite record about ****ing

I agree, and I like the Ice Cube song too
While we are at it, more on the same theme

Prince - Gett Off

How can I put this in a way so as not to offend or unnerve
There's a rumor goin' all round that u ain't been gettin' served
They say that u ain't u know what
In baby who knows how long
It's hard 4 me 2 say what's right
When all I wanna do is wrong

Gett off - 23 positions in a 1 night stand
Gett off - I'll only call u after if u say I can
Gett off - let a woman be a woman and a man be a man
Gett off - I u want 2 baby here I am (Here I am)

I clocked the jizz from a friend
Of yours named Vanessa Bet (Bet)
She said u told her a fantasy
That got her all wet (Wet)
Something about a little box with a
Mirror and a tongue inside
What she told me then got me so hot
I knew that we could slide

Gett off - 23 positions in a 1 night stand
Gett off - I'll only call u after if u say I can
Gett off - let a woman be a woman and a man be a man
Gett off - I u want 2 baby here I am (Here I am)

Gett off (Gett off)

1 2 3 - Nah, little cutie, I ain't drinkin' (Gett off)
Scope this, I was just thinkin'
U + me, what a ride
If u was thinkin' the same
We could continue outside (Gett off)
Lay your pretty body against a parkin' meter
Strip your dress down
Like I was strippin' a Peter Paul's Almond Joy
Lemme show u baby I'm a talented boy

Everybody grab a body
Pump it like u want somebody

Gett off (Gett off)

So here we-so here we-so here we are, here we are (G-G-Gett off)
In my paisley crib
Whatcha want 2 eat? "Ribs"
Ha, toy, I don't serve ribs...
U better be happy that dress is still on
I heard the rip when u sat down

Honey them hips is gone
That's alright, I clock 'em that way
Remind me of something James used to say...

"I like 'em fat"
"I like 'em proud"
"Ya gotta have a mother for me"

Now move your big ass 'round this way
So I can work on that zipper, baby
Tonight your a star
And I'm the big dipper




I'm not posting Nine Inch Nails "Closer" since I since I suppose it is too explicit for this board, but if you like this type of lyrics, search for it. Also check out Li'l Kim's "Not tonight", it is very....educative.

[C Elegans]

Originally posted by Dottie
To bad there is a huge step between thinking and acting for some of us...

Very bad indeed. And then you will end up like this:

Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Born to lose

Well That's just the way it goes
This city is so cold
And I'm... I'm So-so
That's why I know

CHORUS
Born to Lose
Born to Lose
Born to Lose
Baby I was Born to Lose
Baby I was Born to Lose


Living in the jungle
It ain't so hard
But living in the city
It'll eat out...eat out your heart

CHORUS

Nothin to do
And nothing to say
Only one thing that I know
It's the only way... I said hey

CHORUS
Baby I was
Born to lose
Baby I was
Born to lose

[Kameleon]

This is an absolutely hilarious song - even better is the B-side which is just the whole track played backwards...

Napoleon XIV - They're Coming To Take Me Away

Remember when you ran away
And I got on my knees
And begged you not to leave
Because I'd go berserk

Well you left me anyhow
And then the days got worse and worse
And now you see I've gone
Completely out of my mind

And they're coming to take me away ha-haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa

You thought it was a joke
And so you laughed
You laughed when I said
That losing you would make me flip my lid

Right? You know you laughed
I heard you laugh. You laughed
You laughed and laughed and then you left
But now you know I'm utterly mad

And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ho ho hee hee ha haaa
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa

I cooked your food
I cleaned your house
And this is how you pay me back
For all my kind unselfish, loving deeds
Ha! Well you just wait
They'll find you yet and when they do
They'll put you in the A.S.P.C.A.
You mangy mutt

And they're coming to take me away ha haaa
They're coming to take me away ha haaa ho ho hee hee
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice young men
In their clean white coats

And they're coming to take me away
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they're coming to take me away ha haaa!

[C Elegans]

@Kammy: Yep, that one is a classic I love it

Welcome back, btw

[Kameleon]

Originally posted by C Elegans
@Kammy: Yep, that one is a classic I love it

Welcome back, btw

I was shocked that no-one had posted it already, actually - given how crazy we all are here...

Thanks - chances are I'll be starting a thread to tell people how things are going for me, whether they want to hear it or not... Not that there are too many around now; the tumbleweed is out in force. I'd really like to hear what went on here over the last month too, and how everyone is, but I suppose it'll have to wait. Going to bed soon - see you around.

[frogus]

Excellent to see you back Kam and CE SYM is a worse place without you both....

Notable events of the last month - Maharlika has become a new moderator after Sleepy's well deserved retirement.
Tybaltus has been on a non-stop bumping spree, apparently bumping randomly any old rope with posts by Aegis or Kayless in it... . (However Spam Is Like A Drug really is worth looking at )
Several awesomly important threads have been created, including Drugs Death, the Photo Competition, The Relevence of Debating and Les Mots D'Heures. I think there are a couple more taverns (maybe 3)

and umm....to make my post relevent:

Number Nine
(repeat)

[KidD01]

I just going thru my old stuff and happen to cross on this old Billy Joel CD...........

"We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron
Dien Bien Phu and "Rock Around the Clock"

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, "Peter Pan", Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez

CHORUS

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide

Buddy Holly, "Ben-Hur", space monkey, Mafia
hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go

U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo

CHORUS

Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs Invasion

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say

CHORUS

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon, back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollolah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

"Wheel of Fortune" , Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and Roller Cola Wars, I can't take it anymore

CHORUS

We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

[Tybaltus]

@Kid Yup thats a great song. Thats why I posted lyrics to it here. But I suppose this song is good enough to be posted twice.

[Tybaltus]

Ah....one of my favorite 1-hit wonders of the 80's. If you dont know this song-its simply great and relaxing. The chanting of "hail, ma ma" in the chorus is simply wonderful.

Life in a Northern Town by Dream Academy

A Salvation Army band played
And the children drunk lemonade
And the morning lasted all day
All day
And through an open window came
Like Sinatra in a younger day
Pushing the town away
Ah…

Ah hail oh ma ma ma
Hail oh ma ma ma hail ah
Life in a northern town
Ah hail ma ma ma ma

They sat on the stony ground
And he took a cigarette out
And everyone else came down
To listen
He said “In winter 1963
It felt like the world would freeze
With John F. Kennedy
And the Beatles.”

(Yeah yeah yeah)
Ah hail oh ma ma ma
Hail oh ma ma ma hail ah
Life in a northern town
Ah hail ma ma ma ma
Ah hail oh ma ma ma
Hail oh ma ma ma hail ah
All the work shut down

The evening turned to rain
Watch the water roll down the drain
As we followed him down
To the station
And though he never would wave goodbye
You could see it written in his eyes
As the train rolled out of sight
Bye bye…

Make it easy on yourself