Celine Dion A New Day

This should be easy.

There's forty shillings on the drum,
For those who volunteer to come,
To 'list and fight the foe today,
Over the hills and far away;

Chorus:
Over the hills and o'er the main,
Through Flanders, Portugal, and Spain,
King George commands, and we obey,
Over the hills and far away

When duty calls me I must go,
To 'list and fight another foe,
But part of me will always stay,
Over the hills and far away,

Over the Hills and Far Away

Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic
Like Sting I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy

Like Kurasawa I make mad films
Okay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set a' better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
'Cause the cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing

Heh... I love that song. One Week by Barenaked Ladies.

It's far beyond the stars
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon.

We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailin'.

I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet … I know we'll meet … beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before.

Somewhere, beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me....
My lover stands on golden sands!
And straight to her arms, I'll go sailing.

Beyond the Sea, Drie. Love that song.

QUOTE

I sit and wait Does an (blank) contemplate my fate And do they know The places where we go When we're grey and old 'cos I have been told That salvation lets their wings unfold So when I'm lying in my bed Thoughts running through my head And I feel the love is dead (blank) (skip a bit) When I'm feeling weak And my pain walks down a one way street I look above And I know I'll always be blessed with love And as the feeling grows She breathes flesh to my bones

I've blanked give-away bits, even if it's still obvious.

Angels, Jessica Simpson

It's been five months since you went away
You left without a word and nothing to say
When I was the one who gave you my heart and soul
But it wasn't good enough for you, no
So I asked God

Angel by Amanda Perez

On and on...
From the moment I wake
'Till the moment I sleep
I'll be there by your side
Just you try and stop me
I'll be waiting in line just to see if you care.

Coldplay's Shiver

You're only here once so you got to get it right.
No time to fuss and fight.
'Cause life don't mean much if measured out with someone else's plight.
In time you'll see the light.
'Cause the way that we're living,
is all take and no giving,
there's not much to believe in,
the loudest mouth will hail the new found way
to be king for a day.

*blind guess*

King for a Day?

Hooray! Kudos to you!

Bonus points if you know who sings it...

Your turn!

QUOTE (Cristin @ Feb 24 2005, 08:26 PM)

Bonus points if you know who sings it...

Nah, as I've said it was a blind guess.


Anyway:

"Please, please forgive me
But I won't be home again
Maybe someday you'll look up
And barely conscious, you'll say to no one
Isn't something missing..."

I've listened to this and a number of other songs from the same band about 300 times this month, no exaggerating.

Missing from Evanescence

Oh, and my last lyrics were from XTC...

I too have been listening to this next song over and over...from what I think is one of the best albums of all time...

I'm taking a ride
With my best friend
I hope he never let's me down again
He knows where he's taking me
Taking me where I want to be
I'm taking a ride
With my best friend

We're flying high
We're watching the world pass us by
Never want to come down
Never want to put my feet back down
On the ground

Depche Mode! You rock Cristin.

QUOTE

Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure imagination Take a look and you'll see Into your imagination We'll begin with a spin Trav'ling in the world of my creation What we'll see will defy Explanation If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world, there's nothing to it There is no life I know To compare with pure imagination Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world, there's nothing to it There is no life I know To compare with pure imagination Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be

"Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

I love that movie...and can't wait to see the remake!


And now, my tribute to the Jersey hair bands of the 80s:

I wake up in the morning
And I raise my weary head
I got an old coat for a pillow
And the earth was last night's bed
I don't know where I'm going
Only God knows where I've been
I'm a devil on the run
A six gun lover
A candle in the wind

When you're brought into this world
They say you're born in sin
Well at least they gave me something
I didn't have to steal or have to win
Well they tell me that I'm wanted
Yeah I'm a wanted man
I'm colt in your stable
I'm what Cain was to Abel
Mister catch me if you can

Bon Jovi - Blaze of glory

"And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be. Yeah
There will be an answer, let it be."

Would that be 'let it be' by (among others) The Beatles?

new one:

It's always better on holiday,
So much better on holiday,
That's why we only work when,
We need the money.

Good pick, Yoda

Jacqueline? (Franz Ferdinand)

"Could someone deliver us?
And send us some kind of sign
So close to giving up
Cause faith is so hard to find

But you don't, and you won't
Until we figure out!"

Seems like a hint is needed.

So:
1) Think Chad Kroeger
2) This band wrote a very popular song called 'How you Remind Me'

Believe it or not, by Nickelback?

Believe it or not, you are right

Psst! Billywig! We need new lyrics!

oh whoops! I'm sorry!. Okay, here goes...

"How long will I be waiting
Till the end of time
I don't know why I'm still waiting
I can't make you mine"

Simple Plan-"Addicted"


"Living is easy with eyes closed,
misunderstanding all you see.
It’s getting hard to be someone but it all works out,
it doesn’t matter much to me."

Okay...is no one a Beatle's fan? It's my favorite one by them...

Shame. On. Me. I guess I didn't remember it at the time. Some Beatles' fan I am

Jerry, humming Strawberry Fields Forever

Here's a new one:

Now and then I sometimes think of Charlie
How we thought we knew it all back then
Now I’d give anything to feel love
From a child’s heart again

Ahhh... country music

Had to cheat and google that one Jerry!

Me and Charlie Talking by Miranda Lambert

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste
A flannel for my face
Pyjamas, a hairbrush
New shoes and a case
I said to my reflection
Let's get out of this place

Past the church and the steeple
The laundry on the hill
Billboards and the buildings
Memories of it still
Keep calling and calling
But forget it all
I know I will

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say it's by Elton John.

Is that the right artist?

Nope! Not Elton John. Sorry...

I'm surprised Cristin or Hershey haven't taken a stab at the song.

QUOTE (Drie @ May 12 2005, 05:17 PM)

Nope! Not Elton John. Sorry... I'm surprised Cristin or Hershey haven't taken a stab at the song.

Well that would be Tempted by Squeeze, of course. Personally I prefer "Coffee in Bed"



He said I was finally the husband,
That most the time I wasn't.
And I became a friend a friend would like to have.
And all the sudden goin' fishing,
Wasn't such an imposition.
And I went three times that year I lost my dad.
Well I finally read the good book,
And I took a good long hard look at what I'd do
If I could do it all again.
And then.

[Chorus]

Like tomorrow was a gift and you've got eternity
To think about what you do with it,
What could you do with it, what can
I do with with it, what would I do with it.

Tim McGraw Live Like You Were Dying

QUOTE

When I think of those east end lights, muggy nights The curtains drawn in the little room downstairs Prima donna lord you really should have been there Sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair And it’s one more beer and I don’t hear you anymore We’ve all gone crazy lately My friends out there rolling round the basement floor (Chours) never realised the passing hours of evening showers A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams I’m strangled by your haunted social scene Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen It’s four o’clock in the morning Damn it listen to me good I’m sleeping with myself tonight Saved in time, thank God my music’s still alive And I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river Clinging to your stocks and bonds Paying your h.p. demands forever They’re coming in the morning with a truck to take me home

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" by Elton John
[/I]They painted up your secrets
With the lies they told to you
And the least they ever gave you
Was the most you ever knew

And I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming
No one's listening anyway

Your voice is small and fading
And you hide in here unknown
And your mother loves your father
'Cause she's got nowhere to go

And she wonders where these dreams go
'Cause the world got in her way
What's the point in ever trying
Nothing changing anyway

They press their lips against you
And you love the lies they say
And I tried so hard to reach you
But your falling anyway

And you know I see right through you
'Cause the world gets in your way
What's the point in all the screaming
You're not listening anyway[I]

Anyone? Anyone have an idea? Hello?

Still don't know this song...wish I did...

That'd be Acoustic #3 by the Goo-Goo Dolls. And what a fantastic name.

QUOTE

I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known, Don't know where it goes, but it's only me and I walk alone, I walk this empty street, on the boulevard of broken dreams, Where the city sleeps, and I'm the only one and I walk alone. I walk alone, I walk alone. I walk alone, I walk alone. My shadow's the only one that walks beside me, My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating, Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me, 'til then I walk alone.

"Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" by Green Day - great song!


until she comes again
i can hear the things she said
i feel no thoughts to move my head
until she comes again

the sun goes out and night comes in
the time goes round and day grows dim
until she comes again

until she comes again
with all my savings and my sins
there's no good reason to begin
until she comes again

until she comes again
with all her dreams tied in her hand
there is no why to understand
until she comes again
until she comes again
the sun goes out and night comes in
the time goes round
and day grows dim
until she comes again

"Until she comes" By The Psychedelic Furs



hey there delilah
whats it like in new york city
im a thousand miles away
but girl tonight you look so pretty
yes you do
time square cant shine as bright as you
i swear its true

hey there delilah
dont you worry about the distance
im right there if you get lonely
give this song another listen
close your eyes
listen to my voice its my disguise
im by your side

oh its what you do to me
oh its what you do to me
oh its what you do to me
oh its what you do to me
what you do to me

hey there delilah
i know times are gettin hard
but just believe me girl
someday ill pay the bills with this guitar
we'll have it good
we'll have the life we knew we would
my word is good

Surprisingly *snigger* it's ''Hey there Delilah'' by the Plain White T's.

Here be a good one:

Come up to meet you, Tell you I’m sorry, You don’t know how lovely you are
I had to find you, Tell you I need you, Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets, And ask me your questions, Aww let’s go back to the start
Runnin’ in circles, [sounds like] Comin’ up tails, Heads on the science apart
Nobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Aww take me back to the start

Coldplay's " Scientist"

how about--

Well I fell into prision
At about quarter to three
Where I found in my cell
A glass waiting for me
So I filled what was empty
And pulled up a stool
But he stood ing the corner
The Ol' Devil wouldnt move
He said you drink when your lonely
No I drink when I want
He said youll never be sober
Sure why would I want that?
I only drink to be merry
But unfortunately. . . .
I'm in the wrong prision cell
and the wrong company

You've gotta love Flogging Molly's The Wrong Company. Good one!

And, because I'm longing for cooler weather:

QUOTE

"Bah, humbug!" No, that's too strong 'Cause it is my favorite holiday But all this year's been a busy blur Don't think I have the energy To add to my already mad rush Just 'cause it's 'tis the season. The perfect gift for me would be Completions and connections left from Last year, ski shop, Encounter, most interesting. Had his number but never the time Most of '81 passed along those lines. So deck those halls, trim those trees Raise up cups of Christmas cheer, I just need to catch my breath, Christmas by myself this year. Calendar picture, frozen landscape, Chilled this room for twenty-four days, Evergreens, sparkling snow Get this winter over with! Flashback to springtime, saw him again, Would've been good to go for lunch, Couldn't agree when we were both free, We tried, we said we'd keep in touch. Didn't, of course, 'til summertime, Out to the beach to his boat could I join him? No, this time it was me, Sunburn in the third degree. Now the calendar's just one page And, of course, I am excited Tonight's the night, but I've set my mind Not to do too much about it. (Chorus omitted because it gives the song away) Hardly dashing through the snow Cause I bundled up too tight Last minute have-to-do's A few cards a few calls 'Cause it's r-s-v-p No thanks, no party lights It's Christmas Eve, gonna relax Turned down all of my invites. Last fall I had a night to myself, Same guy called, halloween party, Waited all night for him to show, This time his car wouldn't go, Forget it, it's cold, it's getting late, Trudge on home to celebrate In a quiet way, unwind Doing Christmas right this time. A&P has provided me With the world's smallest turkey Already in the oven, nice and hot Oh damn! Guess what I forgot? So on with the boots, back out in the snow To the only all-night grocery, When what to my wondering eyes should appear In the line is that guy I've been chasing all year! "I'm spending this one alone," he said. "Need a break; this year's been crazy." I said, "Me too, but why are you? You mean you forgot cranberries too?" Then suddenly we laughed and laughed Caught on to what was happening That Christmas magic's brought this tale To a very happy ending! " (Chorus omitted because it gives the song away)

"Christmas Wrapping" - originally by the Waitresses (my favorite version!) then remade by Save Ferris!

QUOTE

Maybe a great magnet pulls All souls towards truth Or maybe it is life itself That feeds wisdom To its youth

Need help? Okay...female performer in the 90s...

Okay, I'll guess it's some song by Melissa Etheridge...?

No...good guess though! Keep trying!

Umm... Something by Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Beth Orton, or Aimee Mann....?

think of an artist whose name is in all lower case letters. this might help...

I know it's kd lang, but don't know what it's called. I'm guessing it would either be always been, or constant craving?

Congrats, Billywig! You got it! "Constant Craving" by k.d. lang.

Your turn!

I have this in my head at the moment:

You say go slow, I fall behind
The second hand unwinds...

... That's all I can remember at the moment, I'll post more of it if it's too hard

hee, 'Time after Time', it were playing on the radio yesterday on the way home

As I'm feeling unusually generous, here's the full first verse and chorus for mine (instead of a vague line from the middle-end as usual):

Breaking my back just to know your name
Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game
I'm breaking my back just to know your name
But heaven ain't close in a place like this
Anything goes but don't blink you might miss
Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this
I said heaven ain't close in a place like this
Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight
Never thought I'd let a rumor ruin my moonlight

Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential

yoda, <---- a dance of rage, the only dance emoticon I could find

Somebody Told Me by The Killers

QUOTE

She said she needed a break a little time to think but then she went to Cleveland with some guy named Leelan that she met at the bank There's nothing wrong with Ohio except the snow and the rain I really like Drew Carey and I'd love to see the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame

Good one Yoda!

~H~

Bowling for Soup - Come back to Texas

QUOTE

There are things in life you learn and In time you'll see `Cause out there somewhere It's all waiting If you keep believing So don't run, don't hide It will be alright You'll see, trust me I'll be there watching over you...

Clue: This song is by an artist who is known to "play around with music". This particular song starts on one scale, finishes on another, and undergoes a transposition of 18 different scales throughout its entirety.

Phil Collins - "Look Through My Eyes"

QUOTE

I think they moved out to the suburbs And now they're blonde, bland, middle-class Republican wives They all have blonde, bland, middle-class Republican children Blonde, bland, middle-class Republican lives