Let's play a game with song lyrics...

[berdie]

I done ran into my baby
and fin'lly found my old blue jean.
I done ran into my baby
and fin'lly found my old blue jean.
Well, I could tell that they was mine
from the oil and the gasoline.

If I ever get back my blue jean,
Lord, how happy could one man be.
If I ever get back my blue jean,
Lord, how happy could one man be.
'Cause if I get back those blue jean
you know, my baby be bringin' 'em home to me.

If you see me walking down the street
and I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by
Walk on by.

I just can't get over losing you
So if I seem broken into
Walk on by.

[Sanguine]

I fall to pieces
Each time I see you again
I fall to pieces
How can I be just your friend?

You want me to act like we've never kissed
You want me to forget
Pretend we've never met
And I've tried and I've tried, but I haven't yet
You walk by and I fall to pieces

I fall to pieces
Each time someone speaks your name
I fall to pieces
Time only adds to the flame

You tell me to find someone else to love
Someone who'll love me too
The way you used to do
But each time I go out with someone new
You walk by and I fall to pieces
You walk by and I fall to pieces

[austingirl]

If you see me walking down the street
and I start to cry each time we meet
Walk on by
Walk on by.

I just can't get over losing you
So if I seem broken into
Walk on by.

 You've got your mother and your brother
 Every other undercover
 Tellin' you what to say (say)
 You think I'm stupid
 But the truth is
 That it's cupid, baby
 Lovin' you has made me this way
 So before you point your finger
 Get your hands off of my trigger
 Oh yeah
 You need to know this situation's getting old
 And now the more you talk
 The less I can take, oh

 I'm looking for attention
 Not another question
 Should you stay or should you go?
 Well, if you don't have the answer
 Why are you still standin' here?
 Hey, hey, hey, hey
 Just walk away
 Just walk away
 Just walk away

[Sanguine]

And when I see the sign that points one way
The lot we used to pass by every day

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears
I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain
That I chose to hide

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Your name and mine inside
A heart on a wall
Still finds a way to haunt me
Though they're so small

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

[Suppressed]

And when I see the sign that points one way
The lot we used to pass by every day

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears
I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain
That I chose to hide

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Your name and mine inside
A heart on a wall
Still finds a way to haunt me
Though they're so small

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up is all you want to do

If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
Open up
Everything's waiting for you

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

[austingirl]

And when I see the sign that points one way
The lot we used to pass by every day

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears
I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain
That I chose to hide

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
Now as the rain burns down upon my weary eyes
For me it cries

Your name and mine inside
A heart on a wall
Still finds a way to haunt me
Though they're so small

Just walk away, Renée
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

 Oh, she may be weary
 Young girls they do get weary
 Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah yeah
 But when she gets weary
 Try a little tenderness, yeah yeah

 You know she's waiting
 Just anticipating
 For things that she'll never, never, never, never possess, yeah yeah
 But while she's there waiting, without them
 Try a little tenderness (that's all you gotta do)

 It's not just sentimental, no, no, no
 She has her grief and care, yeah yeah yeah
 But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle, yeah
 It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah

 You won't regret it, no, no
 Some girls they don't forget it
 Love is their only happiness, yeah
 But it's all so easy
 All you gotta do is try, try a little tenderness, yeah
 All you gotta do is, man, hold her where you want her

 Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
 Get to her, try, try
 Just try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah yeah
 You got to know how to love her, man, you'll be surprised, man
 You've got to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave
 You've got to hold her and rub her softly
 Try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah yeah
 You've got to rub her gentle man, all you gotta do, no no
 You've got to love her, squeeze her, don't tease her
 Gotta try nah nah nah, try
 Try a little tenderness, yeah, watch her groove
 You've gotta to know what to do, man
 Take this advice

[austingirl]

Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up is all you want to do

If I could
Baby I'd give you my world
Open up
Everything's waiting for you

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

 If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says
 "15 miles to the
 Love Shack"
 Love Shack, yeah, yeah
 I'm headin' down the Atlanta highway
 Lookin' for the love getaway
 Headed for the love getaway
 I got me a car, it's as big as a whale
 And we're headin' on down to the Love Shack
 I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20
 So hurry up and bring your jukebox money

 The love shack is a little old place where we can get together
 Love Shack, baby (a-Love Shack, baby)
 Love Shack, baby, Love Shack
 Love Shack, baby, Love Shack
 Love Shack, baby, Love Shack (Love, baby, that's where it's at)
 Love Shack, baby, Love Shack (Love, baby, that's where it's at)

 Sign says (woo) "Stay away, fools"
 'Cause love rules at the Love Shack
 Well, it's set way back in the middle of a field
 Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back
 Glitter on the mattress
 Glitter on the highway
 Glitter on the front porch
 Glitter on the highway

 The Love Shack is a little old place where we can get together
 Love Shack, baby (Love Shack, baby)
 Love Shack, that's where it's at
 Love Shack, that's where it's at

 Huggin' and a-kissin'
 Dancin' and a-lovin'
 Wearin' next to nothin'
 'Cause it's hot as an oven
 The whole shack shimmies
 Yeah, the whole shack shimmies
 The whole shack shimmies when everybody's
 Movin' around and around and around and around
 Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin', baby
 Folks linin' up outside just to get down
 Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin', baby
 Funky little shack
 Funky little shack

[Suppressed]

If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says
 "15 miles to the
 Love Shack"
 Love Shack, yeah, yeah
 I'm headin' down the Atlanta highway
 Lookin' for the love getaway
 Headed for the love getaway
 I got me a car, it's as big as a whale
 And we're headin' on down to the Love Shack
 I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20
 So hurry up and bring your jukebox money

Bought a beat up six string, in a secondhand store
Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure
That one guitar, felt good in his hands, didn't take long, to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was a one way ticket, only one way to go
So he started rockin', ain't never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin', someday gonna make it to the top

And be a juke box hero, (got stars in his eyes) he's a juke box hero
He took one guitar (juke box hero stars in his eyes)
Juke box hero, (stars in his eyes) he'll come alive tonight

[austingirl]

Bought a beat up six string, in a secondhand store
Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure
That one guitar, felt good in his hands, didn't take long, to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was a one way ticket, only one way to go
So he started rockin', ain't never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin', someday gonna make it to the top

And be a juke box hero, (got stars in his eyes) he's a juke box hero
He took one guitar (juke box hero stars in his eyes)
Juke box hero, (stars in his eyes) he'll come alive tonight

 I saw him dancing there by the record machine
 I knew he must have been about seventeen
 The beat was going strong
 Playing my favorite song
 And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me
 And I could tell it wouldn't be long till he was with me, yeah me

 Singing, I love rock and roll
 So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
 I love rock and roll
 So come and take your time and dance with me
 Ow!

 He smiled, so I got up and asked for his name
 But that don't matter, he said, 'cause it's all the same
 He said, "Can I take you home
 Where we can be alone?"
 And next we were moving on, he was with me, yeah me
 Next we were moving on, he was with me, yeah me

 Singing, I love rock and roll
 So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
 I love rock and roll
 So come and take your time and dance with me
 Ow!

[Suppressed]

Singing, I love rock and roll
 So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
 I love rock and roll
 So come and take your time and dance with me
 Ow!

Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul ooh
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll

Won't go to hear them play a tango
I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There's only one sure way to get me to go
Start playing old time rock 'n' roll

Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll

[austingirl]

Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul ooh
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll

Won't go to hear them play a tango
I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There's only one sure way to get me to go
Start playing old time rock 'n' roll

Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll

 Every town I go in, there's a street
 Name of the street, ha
 Funky, Funky Broadway
 Down on Broadway
 There's a nightclub
 Now, now, name of the nightclub, now baby
 Funky, Funky Broadway
 Down on Broadway
 There's a crowd, now
 Name of the crowd, baby
 Broadway Crowd
 Down on Broadway, ya
 There's a dance step, ha
 Name of the dance
 Funky, Funky Broadway

 Wiggle your legs now, baby
 Shake your head up
 Do the shing-a-ling now, baby
 Shake, shake, shake, now
 You don't know, baby
 You don't know now, woman
 Do the Funky Broadway

 Lord have mercy

 Oh, you got me feelin' alright

 Dirty filthy Broadway
 Don't I like Broadway, ha
 At Broadway, look-ee here
 Down Broadway, there's a woman
 Name of the woman, ha
 Broadway Woman
 Down on Broadway, yeah
 There's a man, ha
 Name of the man, now

[RoosGirl]

I have often walked down this street before
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before
All at once am I several stories high
Knowing I'm on the street where you live.

Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour out of every door?
No, it's just on the street where you live.

[Suppressed]

I have often walked down this street before
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before
All at once am I several stories high
Knowing I'm on the street where you live.

Are there lilac trees in the heart of town?
Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?
Does enchantment pour out of every door?
No, it's just on the street where you live.

Early morning Manhattan,
Ocean winds blow on the land.
The Movie-Palace is now undone,
The all-night watchmen have had their fun.
Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show,
It's the same old ending-time to go.
Get out!

It seems they cannot leave their dream.
There's something moving in the sidewalk steam,
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.

[austingirl]

Early morning Manhattan,
Ocean winds blow on the land.
The Movie-Palace is now undone,
The all-night watchmen have had their fun.
Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show,
It's the same old ending-time to go.
Get out!

It seems they cannot leave their dream.
There's something moving in the sidewalk steam,
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.

 I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
 That's when my love comes tumbling down
 I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
 When there's no one else around

 I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
 And do all things I told you in the midnight hour
 Yes I am, yes I am
 One more thing I just wanna say right here

 I'm gonna wait till the stars come out
 And see them twinkle in your eyes
 I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
 That's when my love begins to shine

[debrawiest]

I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
 That's when my love comes tumbling down
 I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
 When there's no one else around

 I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
 And do all things I told you in the midnight hour
 Yes I am, yes I am
 One more thing I just wanna say right here

 I'm gonna wait till the stars come out
 And see them twinkle in your eyes
 I'm gonna wait 'till the midnight hour
 That's when my love begins to shine

Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush
Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with you, my love

[Suppressed]

Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush
Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with you, my love

October and the trees are stripped bare
Of all they wear.
What do I care?

October and kingdoms rise
And kingdoms fall
But you go on
And on.

[LateForLunch]

October and the trees are stripped bare
Of all they wear.
What do I care?

October and kingdoms rise
And kingdoms fall
But you go on
And on.

Watcher of the skies watcher of all
 His is a world alone no world is his own,
 He whom life can no longer surprise,
 Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.

 Creatures shaped this planet's soil,
 Now their reign has come to an end,
 Has life again destroyed life,
 Do they play elsewhere, do they know
 more than their childhood games?
 Maybe the lizard's shed its tail,
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

 Judge not this race by empty remains
 Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead?
 For now, the lizard's shed it's tail
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

 From life alone to life as One,
 Think not now your journey's done
 For though your ship be sturdy, no
 Mercy has the Sea,
 Will you survive on the Ocean of Being?
 Come ancient children hear what I say
 This is my parting council for you on your way.

 Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars
 Where we have gone you know you never can go.
 Watcher of the skies watcher of all
 This is your fate alone, this fate is your own

[Suppressed]

Watcher of the skies watcher of all
 His is a world alone no world is his own,
 He whom life can no longer surprise,
 Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.

 Creatures shaped this planet's soil,
 Now their reign has come to an end,
 Has life again destroyed life,
 Do they play elsewhere, do they know
 more than their childhood games?
 Maybe the lizard's shed its tail,
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

 Judge not this race by empty remains
 Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead?
 For now, the lizard's shed it's tail
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

 From life alone to life as One,
 Think not now your journey's done
 For though your ship be sturdy, no
 Mercy has the Sea,
 Will you survive on the Ocean of Being?
 Come ancient children hear what I say
 This is my parting council for you on your way.

 Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars
 Where we have gone you know you never can go.
 Watcher of the skies watcher of all
 This is your fate alone, this fate is your own

You set sail across the sea
Of long past thoughts and memories.
Childhood's end, your fantasies
Merge with harsh realities.
And then as the sail is hoist,
You find your eyes are growing moist.
All the fears never voiced
Say you have to make your final choice.

Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why?
Some are born; some men die
Beneath one infinite sky.
There'll be war, there'll be peace.
But everything one day will cease.
All the iron turned to rust;
All the proud men turned to dust.
And so all things, time will mend.
So this song will end.

[LateForLunch]

For brevity, I did not repost the previous fine lyric from you ( you'll understand why). Great post(s) Suppressed. You are out-doing yourself on this thread. 

Suppressed - You are clearly a man of discerning and diverse taste in music. We followed up the Genesis Lamb Lies Down on Broadway post with their "Watcher of the Skies" segue into Floyd's Childhood's End from the Sid Barrett days (sublime). A billion bright ambassadors of morning. Atom Heart Mother. Ummagumma. One of These Days. Serious weirdness.



Progressive Rock ('prefer "Classical Rock" 'cause it's more-accurate -LFL). Not everyone's cup of tea, but those who appreciate lyrics which have something very good or important to express - something profound or beautiful to say - genuine poetry. Where Mozart meets modernity in the better rock lyrics.

Soon the thread will be into material from Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell and other greats, since the trend of the thread is toward civilization. 

Classical music is civilized - most intelligent people I know find it at least tolerable - others find joy in it and even spirituality sometimes.

The band Yes (name derived from Beatles "Yellow Submarine" Peter Max animation) was an odd combination of classical and modern rock sensibilities. One of the most underrated rock recordings of all time was likely their "Tales From Topographic Oceans" - nobody got it. It bombed commercially and to some extent critically.

It was band leader/lyricist Anderson's attempt at a magnum opus, nothing less than a translation of Shastric Scriptures from sacred text into a modern format. The Revealing Science of God "movement" of the Oceans LP, featured what may be one of the best rock keyboard (synth) lead lines ever (and that is saying a lot with Keith Emerson et al to compete with) Rick Wakeman did an extended synth solo. Burnin'  like a jazzman. YouTube has it for free.

Written Liner Notes: The Revealing Science of God can be seen as an ever-opening
flower in which simple truths emerge examining the complexities and
magic of the past and how we should not forget the song that has
been left to us to hear. The knowledge of God is a search, constant
and clear.

(Begins)

Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources,
Chased amid fusions of wonder,
In moments hardly seen
Forgotten,
Colored in pastures of chance
Dancing leaves cast spells of challenge,
Amused but real in thought,
We fled from the sea
Whole.

Dawn of thought transfered through moments of days
Under searching Earth
Revealing corridors of Time
Provoking memories,
Disjointed
But with purpose,
Craving penetrations
Offer links with the self-instructor's
Sharp and tender love
As we took to the air,
A picture of distance!

Dawn of our power re-amused redescending
As fast as misused expression,
As only to teach Love
As to reveal Passion
Chasing late into corners,
And we danced from the ocean!

Dawn of Love sent within us
Colors of awakening
Among the many - won't
To follow
Only tunes of a Different Age.
As the links span our endless caresses
For the Freedom of Life Everlasting.

[austingirl]

Watcher of the skies watcher of all
 His is a world alone no world is his own,
 He whom life can no longer surprise,
 Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.

 Creatures shaped this planet's soil,
 Now their reign has come to an end,
 Has life again destroyed life,
 Do they play elsewhere, do they know
 more than their childhood games?
 Maybe the lizard's shed its tail,
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

 Judge not this race by empty remains
 Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead?
 For now, the lizard's shed it's tail
 This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

 From life alone to life as One,
 Think not now your journey's done
 For though your ship be sturdy, no
 Mercy has the Sea,
 Will you survive on the Ocean of Being?
 Come ancient children hear what I say
 This is my parting council for you on your way.

 Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars
 Where we have gone you know you never can go.
 Watcher of the skies watcher of all
 This is your fate alone, this fate is your own

 Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
 In armor coming,
 Saying something about a queen.
 There were peasants singing and
 Drummers drumming
 And the archer split the tree.
 There was a fanfare blowing
 To the sun
 That was floating on the breeze.
 Look at Mother Nature on the run
 In the nineteen seventies.
 Look at Mother Nature on the run
 In the nineteen seventies.

 I was lying in a burned out basement
 With the full moon in my eyes.
 I was hoping for replacement
 When the sun burst thru the sky.
 There was a band playing in my head
 And I felt like getting high.
 I was thinking about what a
 Friend had said
 I was hoping it was a lie.
 Thinking about what a
 Friend had said
 I was hoping it was a lie.

 Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
 Space ships flying
 In the yellow haze of the sun,
 There were children crying
 And colors flying
 All around the chosen ones.
 All in a dream, all in a dream
 The loading had begun.
 They were flying Mother Nature's
 Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
 Flying Mother Nature's
 Silver seed to a new home.


 
 

[Sanguine]

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
 In armor coming,
 Saying something about a queen.
 There were peasants singing and
 Drummers drumming
 And the archer split the tree.
 There was a fanfare blowing
 To the sun
 That was floating on the breeze.
 Look at Mother Nature on the run
 In the nineteen seventies.
 Look at Mother Nature on the run
 In the nineteen seventies.

 I was lying in a burned out basement
 With the full moon in my eyes.
 I was hoping for replacement
 When the sun burst thru the sky.
 There was a band playing in my head
 And I felt like getting high.
 I was thinking about what a
 Friend had said
 I was hoping it was a lie.
 Thinking about what a
 Friend had said
 I was hoping it was a lie.

 Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
 Space ships flying
 In the yellow haze of the sun,
 There were children crying
 And colors flying
 All around the chosen ones.
 All in a dream, all in a dream
 The loading had begun.
 They were flying Mother Nature's
 Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
 Flying Mother Nature's
 Silver seed to a new home.

In homage to Mr. Young:

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the backroads headin’ south
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

[LateForLunch]

In homage to Mr. Young:

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the backroads headin’ south
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth
You’re an idiot, babe
It’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe

Thanks for that Sanguine. Neil Young is one of those incorrigibly foolish souls who never stopped abusing dangerous narcotics. Clearly they have wrecked his mind. Rust never sleeps. I like John Anderson (the country artist) better...

Ever since the days of old,
 Men would search for wealth untold.
 They'd dig for silver and for gold,
 And leave the empty holes.
 And way down south in the Everglades,
 Where the black water rolls and the saw grass sways.
 The eagles fly and the otters play,
 In the land of the Seminole.

 So blow, blow Seminole wind,
 Blow like you're never gonna blow again.
 I'm calling to you like a long lost friend
 But I know who you are.
 And blow, blow from the Okeechobee,
 All the way up to Micanopy.
 Blow across the home of the Seminole,
 The alligators and the gar.

 Progress came and took its toll,
 And in the name of flood control,
 They made their plans and they drained the land,
 Now the glades are going dry.
 And the last time I walked in the swamp,
 I sat upon a Cypress stump,
 I listened close and I heard the ghost,
 Of Osceola cry.

 So blow, blow Seminole wind,
 Blow like you're never gonna blow again.
 I'm calling to you like a long lost friend
 But I know who you are.
 And blow, blow from the Okeechobee,
 All the way up to Micanopy.
 Blow across the home of the Seminole,
 The alligators and the gar.

[austingirl]

Thanks for that Sanguine. Neil Young is one of those incorrigibly foolish souls who never stopped abusing dangerous narcotics. Clearly they have wrecked his mind. Rust never sleeps. I like John Anderson (the country artist) better...

Ever since the days of old,
 Men would search for wealth untold.
 They'd dig for silver and for gold,
 And leave the empty holes.
 And way down south in the Everglades,
 Where the black water rolls and the saw grass sways.
 The eagles fly and the otters play,
 In the land of the Seminole.

 So blow, blow Seminole wind,
 Blow like you're never gonna blow again.
 I'm calling to you like a long lost friend
 But I know who you are.
 And blow, blow from the Okeechobee,
 All the way up to Micanopy.
 Blow across the home of the Seminole,
 The alligators and the gar.

 Progress came and took its toll,
 And in the name of flood control,
 They made their plans and they drained the land,
 Now the glades are going dry.
 And the last time I walked in the swamp,
 I sat upon a Cypress stump,
 I listened close and I heard the ghost,
 Of Osceola cry.

 So blow, blow Seminole wind,
 Blow like you're never gonna blow again.
 I'm calling to you like a long lost friend
 But I know who you are.
 And blow, blow from the Okeechobee,
 All the way up to Micanopy.
 Blow across the home of the Seminole,
 The alligators and the gar.

@Sanguine Yes, Neil Young is an idiot but I still find the tune "After the Gold Rush" haunting.


In the chilly hours and minutes
 Of uncertainty, I want to be
 In the warm hold of your loving mind

 To feel you all around me
 And to take your hand along the sand
 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

 When sundown pales the sky
 I want to hide a while behind your smile
 And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find

 For me to love you now
 Would be the sweetest thing 'twould make me sing
 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

 Di di di di, di di di di
 Di di di di, di di di di
 Di di di

 When rain has hung the leaves with tears
 I want you near to kill my fears
 To help me to leave all my blues behind

 For standin' in your heart
 Is where I want to be and long to be
 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

[berdie]

@Sanguine Yes, Neil Young is an idiot but I still find the tune "After the Gold Rush" haunting.


In the chilly hours and minutes
 Of uncertainty, I want to be
 In the warm hold of your loving mind

 To feel you all around me
 And to take your hand along the sand
 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

 When sundown pales the sky
 I want to hide a while behind your smile
 And everywhere I'd look your eyes I'd find

 For me to love you now
 Would be the sweetest thing 'twould make me sing
 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

 Di di di di, di di di di
 Di di di di, di di di di
 Di di di

 When rain has hung the leaves with tears
 I want you near to kill my fears
 To help me to leave all my blues behind

 For standin' in your heart
 Is where I want to be and long to be
 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

 Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

Here we come again.
Catch us if you can.
Time to get a move on
We will yell with all of out might.

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

[austingirl]

Here we come again.
Catch us if you can.
Time to get a move on
We will yell with all of out might.

Catch us if you can
Catch us if you can

Time has come today

Young hearts can go their way

Can't put it off another day

I don't care what others say

They say we don't listen anyway

Time has come today

(Hey)


Oh

The rules have changed today (Hey)

I have no place to stay (Hey)

I'm thinking about the subway (Hey)

My love has flown away (Hey)

My tears have come and gone (Hey)

Oh my Lord, I have to roam (Hey)

I have no home (Hey)

I have no home (Hey)