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The Dreaming Tree- Dave Matthews Band (Live version- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2KKa5O6JMY

Standing here
The old man said to me
"Long before these crowded streets
Here stood my dreaming tree"
Below it he would sit
For hours at a time
Now progress takes away
What forever took to find
Now he's falling hard
He feels the falling dark
How he longs to be
Beneath his dreaming tree
Conquered fear to climb
A moment froze in time
When the girl who first he kissed
Promised him she'd be his
Remembered mother's words
There beneath the tree
"No matter what the world
You'll always be my baby"
Mommy come quick
The dreaming tree has died
The air is growing thick
A fear he cannot hide
The dreaming tree has died
Oh have you no pity
This thing I do
I do not deny it
All through this smile
As crooked as danger
I do not deny
I know in my mind
I would leave you now
If I had the strength to
I would leave you up
To your own devices
Will you not talk
Can you take pity
I don't ask much
But won't you speak
Please
From the start
She knew she had it made
Easy up 'til then
For sure she'd make the grade
Adorers came in hordes
To lay down in her wake
She gave it all she had
But treasures slowly fade
Now she's falling hard
She feels the fall of dark
How did this fall apart
She drinks to fill it up
A smile of sweetest flowers
Wilted so and soured
Black tears stain the cheeks
That once were so admired
She thinks when she was small
There on her father's knee
How he had promised her
"You'll always be my baby"
"Daddy come quick
The dreaming tree has died
I can't find my way home
There is no place to hide
The dreaming tree has died"
Oh if I had the strength...
Take me back
Save me please

Don't Drink The Water- Dave Matthews Band (Live version- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0UQKn6bHFw)

Come out come out
No use in hiding
Come now come now
Can you not see?
There's no place here
What were you expecting
Not room for both
Just room for me
So you will lay your arms down
Yes I will call this home

Away away
You have been banished
Your land is gone
And given me
And here I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
What's this you say
You feel a right to remain
Then stay and I will bury you
What's that you say
Your father's spirit still lives in this place
I will silence you

Here's the hitch
Your horse is leaving
Don't miss your boat
It's leaving now
And as you go I will spread my wings
Yes I will call this home
I have no time to justify to you
Fool you're blind, move aside for me
All I can say to you my new neighbor
Is you must move on or I will bury you

Now as I rest my feet by this fire
Those hands once warmed here
I have retired them
I can breathe my own air
I can sleep more soundly
Upon these poor souls
I'll build heaven and call it home
'Cause you're all dead now
I live with my justice
I live with my greedy need
I live with no mercy
I live with my frenzied feeding
I live with my hatred
I live with my jealousy
I live with the notion
That I don't need anyone but me
Don't drink the water
There's blood in the water

Obviously, that one's about land rights

Pig- Dave Matthews Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESLHZvS0NkY&mode=related&search=)

Isn't it strange
How we move our lives for another day
Like skipping a beat
What if a great wave should
wash us all away
Just thinking out loud
Don't mean to dwell on this dying thing
But looking at blood
It's alive right now
Deep and sweet within
Pouring through our veins
Intoxicate moving wine to tears
Drinking it deep
Then an evening spent dancing
It's you and me
This love will open our world
From the dark side we can see a glow of something bright
There's much more than we see here
Don't burn the day away

Is this not enough
This blessed sip of life
Is it not enough
Staring down at the ground
Oh then complain and pray
more from above
Greedy little pig
Stop just watch your world trickle away
Oh it's your problem now
It'll all be dead and gone in
a few short years
Just love will open our eyes
Just love will put the hope in our minds
Much more than we could ever know
Don't burn the day away

Come sister
my brother
Shake up your bones shake up your feet
I'm saying open up
And let the rain come pouring in
Wash out this tired notion
That the best is yet to come
But while you're dancing on the ground
Don't think of when you're gone
Love! love!? what more is there?
We need the light of love in here
Don't beat your head
Dry your eyes
Let the love in there
There are bad times
But that's ok
Just look for love in it
Don't burn the day away

Look
Here are we
On this starry night staring into space
And I must say
I feel as small as dust
Lying down here
What point could there be troubling
Head down wondering what will
become of me
Why concern we cannot see
But no reason to abandon it
Time is short but that's all right
Maybe I'll go in the middle of the night
Take your hands from your eyes, my love
Everything must end some time
Don't burn the day away

Come sister
My brother
Shake up your bones shake up your feet
I'm saying open up
And let the rain come flooding in
Wash out this tired notion
That the best is yet to come
But while you're dancing on the ground
Don't think of when you're gone
Love! love!? what more is there?
We need the light of love in here
Don't beat your head
Dry your eyes
Let the love in there
There are bad times
But that's ok
Just look for love in it

Everyday- Dave Matthews Band (official video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMBgSfQI49E
solo live version- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snNzvatXNO8)

Pick me up from the bottom
Up to the top love everyday
Pay no mind to taunts or advances
I take my chances on everyday

Left to right
Up and down love
I push up love love everyday
Jump in the mud
Get your hands dirty with
Love it up everyday

All you need is
All you want is
All you need is love
All you need is
What you want is
All you need is love
Everyday
Everyday

Pick me up love from the bottom
Up onto the top love everyday
Pay no mind to taunts or advances
Iï ¿ ½m gonna take my chances everyday

Left to right
Up and up and inside out right
Good love fight for everyday
Jump in the mud mud
Get my hands filthy love
Give it up love
Everyday

All you need is
All you want is
All you need is love
All you need is
What you want is
All you need is love
Everyday
Everyday

What youï ¿ ½ve got
Lay it down on me
What youï ¿ ½ve got
Lay it down on me

All you need is
All you want is
All you need is love
All you need is
What you want is
All you need is love

Everyday
Everyday
Everyday

Lift me up love up from the bottom
Up onto the top love everyday
Pick me up love
Lift me up love
To the top love
Everyday

Up from the bottom everyday
Up onto the top everyday
Pick me up love
Lift me up love
Pick me up love
Everyday

This song is fantastic live :D
 
Out of Uniform, 7th Feb :)
(dont know the writer and dont really care ;) )

Well you want
to be in the gang
and you've got
got to join the team
to be on the team
you must play to win
you play to win
you may not make it home
up the hill, down again
you're the one
every body wears a badge
uniform
we've got plans for you
a brand new game
we call it "mass control"
when you grow up
it's not so obvious
dirt on your face
holding your broken toys
up the hill, down again
you're the one
everybody wears a badge
uniform


ps: from memory In WWII, if you were out of uniform you were in big trouble - in uniform entitled you to fair rules!!!
 
Virtue
(ditto the writer ;) )

virtue is relative at best
there's nothing worse than a sunset
when you're driving due west
and i'm afraid that my love
is gonna come up short

now i'm cruising through a chromakey blue sky
and i know that in an hour or three
the sun is gonna be in my eyes
and i know that sometimes all i can see
is how i feel
like the whole world is on the other side
of a dirty windshield
and i'm tryin to see through the glare
yes i'm struggling just to see what's there

the one person who really knows me best
says i'm like a cat
yeah the kind of cat that you just can't pick up
and throw into your lap
no, the kind that doesn't mind being held
only when its her idea
yeah, the kind that feels what she decides to feel
when she is good and ready to feel it


but in the window you sometimes appear
and your music is faint in my ears


ps: BUT of course we will continue to sell the case that we are the upholders of all virtues like freedom, truth, justice, honesty, respect, treating a woman like a lady, superman, spiderman, batman, and the American way or whatever :eek:
 
Straw Hat And Old Dirty Hank


I tend the wheat field that makes your bread
I bind the sweet veal, pluck the hens that make your bed
Mother Nature & Mother Earth
Are two of three women who dictate what I'm worth
I'm the farmer
I work in the fields all day
Don't mean to alarm her
But I know it was meant to be this way
You cried a tear, I wiped it dry
I put you up upon a pesestal so high
If you shoule waver, if you should sway
I'd catch you, spread my tiny wings and fly away
You signed your picture with and O and X
I bet you don't write "love" each time you sign your cheques
I am the farmer
I work in the fields all day
Don't mean to alarm her
But I know it was meant to be this way
All of this corn I grow I grow it all for you
I took a hatchet to the radio I did it all for you
You could have written back
You could have said "thank you"
I guess you've got better things,
Better things to do
You say you love me, is that the truth?
Although they've heard the songs, my friends want living proof
I know your address, I ring the bell
I bring you flowers and a .22 with shells
I'm the farmer
I work in the fields all day
Never wanted to harmer
But I know it was meant to be this
 
An Old Pair of Shoes


Verse 1:
I’ve walked a million miles across this floor
But I never have quite made it to the door
I never thought the time would come
I’d ever see this day
When you could make me feel so thrown away

Chorus:
I’m feeling like an old pair of shoes
All worn out from walking through these blues
There’s a hole in my soul
And I’m really feeling used
I’m just like an old pair of shoes

Verse 2:
You’ve always been my one and only, love
It ain’t no easy thing to give you up
Looking back I’m feeling like
There’s nothing left to lose
This time I may just walk out on you cause

Repeat chorus:
Tagg:
There’s a hole in my soul
And I’m really feeling used
I’m just like an old pair of shoes
 
All Things Dull And Ugly


All things dull and ugly,
All creatures short and squat,
All things rude and nasty,
The Lord God made the lot.
Each little snake that poisons,
Each little wasp that stings,
He made their brutish venom,
He made their horrid wings.
All things sick and cancerous,
All evil great and small,
All things foul and dangerous,
The Lord God made them all.
Each nasty little hornet,
Each beastly little squid,
Who made the spikey urchin,
Who made the sharks, He did.
All things scabbed and ulcerous,
All pox both great and small,
Putrid, foul and gangrenous,
The Lord God made them all.
AMEN.
 
The Ugly Underneath


First there's the handshake
It's so warm that you could bake by it
Designed to take attention from their
Ugly Underneath
Then there's the wedding
The co-ordinated bedding
And the fairy tale shredding
Boy it's Ugly Underneath
After the pretty
There's a gluttony of pity
On a cake called nitty gritty
And it's Ugly Underneath
Did you ever try to prise away the mask
Go ahead, take a spoon and try
I can tell you it's a herculean task
Go ahead, it's okay to cry
What you're chewing on's the truth
And that's the hardest thing
To wash down with a glass of lemonade
The Ugly Underneath
The thing with politicians is
I wouldn't have suspicions
If I saw their worst positions
And their Ugly Underneath
But after all the voting
Suck away the sugar coating
Now they've had you and they're gloating
Boy it's Ugly Underneath
Did you ever try to take away the wheel
Go ahead, take a fork and try
See the unattractive things that make us real
Go ahead, it's okay to cry
What you've trodden in's the truth
And that's the hardest thing
To wash down with a glass of lemonade
 
Poor Flying Man


I see a man all alone in the air
I think that man needs a comb for his hair
He fell from the sky on a cold afternoon
Crashed into earth on a dark afternoon
I just haven't felt the same
But then I'm very sentimental
He's not a bird
He's not a plane
This is a man
Poor flying man
I see a man all alone in the air
Nobody asked what he has to declare
Cos he froze coming down
All the way to the ground
He froze coming down
With that look on his face
I just haven't felt the same
But then you know I'm sentimental
He's not a bird
He's not a plane
This is a man
Poor flying man
He's not a bird
What have you heard?
This is a flying man
This is a man who flies
If I had a moment to live
I'd wish I could fly
I'd go to a place that was ever so high
I'd step from a plane into the sky
A second to live, I wish I could ...
He's not a bird
What have you heard
This is a flying man
This is a man who flies
This is a flying man
This is a flying mad mad mad man



ps: LOL, there's soooooooooo many of'em, but I think you get the general idea :D ;) :) :eek:
 
Wayne's World Theme

"Let's do it"
"All right, here we go"
"One, two, a-one two three"

[Chorus]
It's Wayne's World, it's Wayne's World
It's party time, it's excellent
It's Wayne's World, it's Waynes World
It's party time, it's excellent

Chicks go mental when we go down the street
It's Wayne and Garh when they want to meet
Yeah, we're in the basement playin' with our toys
And if you do not like it, you're a spinchter boy
 
Words Weren't Made For Cowards

I am transparent
An open book
There's no choice in the matter
But the breath from my mind
Is living air
And the notes from my heart
Are what I share

Words weren't made for cowards ;)

There's not much to hide behind
We can see for a mile
Without our eyes
I can see through a smile
To any lie
Must I pry your lips apart?
And look for thoughts
Look for thoughts
Beneath your tongue
So you think nothing said
Is nothing lost?
Well, I would buy every line
At any cost
Do I have to dig?
Do I have to prod?
Reach into your chest
And pull your feelings out?
Are you dancing dead?
Or maybe walking toast?
If you feel anything
Be brave
Come forth
Let it show
Tell me what d'you think of life?
Tell me do you think at all?
Never fear
There's a place
Where you are safe
Where you don't have to be real
Or have a face
My time's too short to waste on
Things you say without your brain
Will you paint works of art
When you speak?
When you open your mouth
Will I weep?

I will watch you like a hawk
Wait for you to make a slip
Think it's easy to fake what you know?
You'll never fool anyone
With your little show
You are transparent regardless of
All the efforts made
Efforts made to mask your face
You reveal everything in a phrase
You conceal what your mouth betrays
 
Toen ik jou de rose tearoom langzaam binnentreden zag
Met je kaalgevreten bontjas
En je arrogante lach
Vroeg ik mij af hoe'k jou in 's hemelsnaam herkende
Jij was een toonbeeld van honger en ellende....

Toon Hermans - Dutch :)
 
Yeti said:
Toen ik jou de rose tearoom langzaam binnentreden zag
Met je kaalgevreten bontjas
En je arrogante lach
Vroeg ik mij af hoe'k jou in 's hemelsnaam herkende
Jij was een toonbeeld van honger en ellende....

Toon Hermans - Dutch :)
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:D:D:D
 
In Good Faith (NOT :D )

There's a place within my heart
Tucked away from all the pain
And deep within this secret side of me
Just the simple truth remains
Words don't come easy
Feelings I hide even from myself
I'm ready to share without hesitation
I've been saving this moment
For someone who's saving this moment too
Tell me it's you
I'll give you everything that I've got
Say you'll never turn and run
'Cause each and every beat of my heart
Tells me you're the only one (YEH RIGHT ;) )
I've cast aside this foolish pride
I know I can keep you satisfied
I'll prove it tonight in so many ways
That's a promise from the heart

In good faith :D
In the roles that we have chosen
Behind the parts we sometimes play
Lies the passage to the real me

With no illusions in the way
Words don't come easy
But I'll get the feeling across somehow
Let it be now...
I'll give you everything that I've got
Say you'll never turn and run
'Cause each and every beat of my heart
Tells me you're the only one
I've cast aside this foolish pride
I know I can keep you satisfied
I'll prove it tonight in so many ways
That's a promise from the heart
In good faith
Behind these eyes tonight
The truth comes shining
A fire that is rarely seen
It burns for you
I've never needed anyone this way
Could never find the right words to say
Until today
But I'll give you everything that I've got
Say you'll never turn and run
'Cause each and every beat of my heart
Tells me you're the only one
I've cast aside this foolish pride
I know I can keep you satisfied
I'll prove it tonight in so many ways
That's a promise from the heart
In good faith
 
Yeti said:
Toen ik jou de rose tearoom langzaam binnentreden zag
Met je kaalgevreten bontjas
En je arrogante lach
Vroeg ik mij af hoe'k jou in 's hemelsnaam herkende
Jij was een toonbeeld van honger en ellende....

Toon Hermans - Dutch :)
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I ll translate,

Went down the tea room boy was it a drag
I met kyliel Greten with the big Bontjas:eek:
Some people are so arrogant:mad:
Made me a sambo, of some ham and that:p:
It made my stomach bleed, and hangover id rather have:D
Cheers herman
Don't know Dutch, but from what i see this is what it says LOL
 
This is one thats been spinning around in my head for many a year..

There's nothing more lonesome morbid or drear
than to stand in the bar of the pub with no bear.....:eek::eek::eek:
 
Clones ;)


A room with a hundred men
The design of a perfect blend
Identical strains of code
Dressed up in the fashion mode
The air I breathe
The blood that moves my heart to mend
I cry the tears of a clone
The tears of a clone
The mind of a mannequin
The look of the perfect twin (yeh or ten ;) )
This army of confidence is an army of no defence :D
The air I breathe
The blood that moves my heart to mend
I cry the tears of a clone
I walk through a no man’s land
Come lend your creating hand
How I crave for identity
Come lend me your fantasy

ps: From Wikipedia ;) : cloning: in horticulture and biology, any organism whose genetic information is identical to that of a "mother organism" from which it was created. .... also a computer made by a third party, such as PC clones or Macintosh clones (copies, lots and lots of'em, just in case you're too scared to show your face ;) )

also, a complete and modified copy of a database environment that's often used for development or testing purposes.

Furthermore, A butch or masculine gay man, though the term is mostly associated with the 70s and 80s. The "clone uniform" is mustache, jeans, and white t-shirt. ( I swear I didn't make it up, check Wikipedia if you dont believe me)

but wait there's more, Clone tool, a tool in raster graphics editors to move image information from one area in a picture to another.

And the BIG FINALE, Clone trooper, Republic soldiers in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, sometimes referred to as Clones in shorthand.
 
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