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[Lord Mhoram]

I came by myself to a very crowded place. I was looking for someone who had lines in her face. I found her there but she was past all concern. I asked her to hold me, I said, "Lady, unfold me." But she scorned me, and told me I was dead and I would never return. Well, I argued all night like so many have before, saying, "Whatever you give me, I seem to need so much more." Then she pointed at me where I kneeled on her floor; she said, "Don't try to use me or slyly refuse me - just win me or lose me. It is this that the darkness is for."

I cried, "Oh, Lady Midnight, I fear that you grow old. Stars eat your body and the wind makes you cold." "If we cry now," she said, "It will just be ignored." So I walked through the morning, the sweet early morning. I could hear my lady calling, "You've won me, you've won me, my lord."

- Leonard Cohen

[lucimay]

ah...Cohen. here's my favorite Cohen.





Now Ive heard there was a secret chord
That david played, and it pleased the lord
But you dont really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing hallelujah

Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I dont even know the name
But if I did, well really, whats it to you?
Theres a blaze of light
In every word
It doesnt matter which you heard
The holy or the broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

I did my best, it wasnt much
I couldnt feel, so I tried to touch
Ive told the truth, I didnt come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
Ill stand before the lord of song
With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah

[Lord Mhoram]

Just saw the documentary "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man," and Rufus Wainwright does quite a version of "Hallelujah." Cohen is amazing.

[The Laughing Man]

• • • "Highly Illogical"
  
  
  From far beyond the galaxies I've journeyed to this place
  To study the behavior patterns of the human race
  And I find them highly illogical
  
  Girl meets boy they fall in love
  She says he's everything she's dreamed of
  But when they get married before he's aware
  She changes his habits the way he combs his hair
  She changes him to someone he's never been
  And then complains he's not like other men
  Now really I find this most illogical
  
  Take the case of your automobiles
  Greatest invention since man discovered wheels
  Hydromatic overdrive four-on-the-floor
  Pushbutton windows pushbutton doors
  Double barreled carburetors rush you anyplace
  But you never can find a parking space
  Highly illogical
  
  Take the case of modern man
  He works all his life gives it all he can
  Saves all his money works overtime
  Pinches every penny banks every dime
  All he can think about is money but you know
  That he can't take it with him where he's going to go
  Now I find that fascinatingly illogical
  
  Now is the time to journey home to tell of what I've learned
  My people I believe have every right to be concerned
  For in spite of computers and advanced psychology
  Behavior patterns are still a mystery
  I predict the future of this earthly human race
  Is that having made a mess of Earth
  They'll move to outer space
  Well there goes the neighborhood
  Totally, completely, absolutely, irrevocably,
  Highly illogical

Recorded by: "Leonard Nimoy"

my Leonard beats your Leonard!

[sgt.null]

Well I'm running police on my backI've been hiding police on my backThere was a shooting police on my backAnd the victim well he wont come backWhat have I done? I been running monday tuesday wednesdayThursday friday saturday sunday runninMonday tuesday wednesday thursday fridaySaturday sundayYes, I'm running down the railway trackCould you help me? police on my backThey will catch me if I dare drop backWont you give me all the speed I lack

[Worm of Despite]

Blue


Never seen a blue sky
Yeah I can feel it reaching out
And moving closer
There's something about blue
Asked myself what it's all for
You know the funny thing about it
I couldn't answer
No I couldn't answer

Things have turned a deeper shade of blue
And images that might be real
May be illusion
Keep flashing off and on
Free
Wanna be free
Gonna be free
And move among the stars
You know they really aren't so far
Feels so free
Gotta know free
Please
Don't wake me from the dream
It's really everything it seemed
I'm so free
No black and white in the blue

Everything is clearer now
Life is just a dream you know
That's never ending
I'm ascending

[The Laughing Man]

• A Whiter Shade of Pale
  Brooker / Reid
  
  We skipped the light fandango
  turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
  I was feeling kinda seasick
  but the crowd called out for more
  The room was humming harder
  as the ceiling flew away
  When we called out for another drink
  the waiter brought a tray
  
  And so it was that later
  as the miller told his tale
  that her face, at first just ghostly,
  turned a whiter shade of pale
  
  She said, 'There is no reason
  and the truth is plain to see.'
  But I wandered through my playing cards
  and would not let her be
  one of sixteen vestal virgins
  who were leaving for the coast
  and although my eyes were open
  they might have just as well've been closed
  
  She said, 'I'm home on shore leave,'
  though in truth we were at sea
  so I took her by the looking glass
  and forced her to agree
  saying, 'You must be the mermaid
  who took Neptune for a ride.'
  But she smiled at me so sadly
  that my anger straightway died
  
  If music be the food of love
  then laughter is its queen
  and likewise if behind is in front
  then dirt in truth is clean
  My mouth by then like cardboard
  seemed to slip straight through my head
  So we crash-dived straightway quickly
  and attacked the ocean bed

[sgt.null]

Green Is The Color
Heavy hung the canopy of blue
Shade my eyes and I can see you
White is the light that shines through
The dress that you wore
She lay in the shadow of the wave
Hazy were the visions of her playing
Sunlight on her eyes
But moonshine beat her blind everytime
Green is the colour of her kind
Quickness of the eye deceives the mind
Many is the bond
Between the hopefull and the damned

[danlo]

Sound and Vision-Bowie

Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision

Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the colour of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue

Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue

I will sit right down,
Waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude,
over my head

Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision

[The Laughing Man]

• Even in the quietest moments
  I wish I knew what I had to do
  And even though the sun is shining
  Well I feel the rain --- here it comes again, dear
  And even when you showed me
  My heart was out of tune
  For theres a shadow of doubt
  thats not letting me find you too soon
  The music that you gave me
  The language of my soul
  Oh lord, I want to be with you.
  Wont you let me come in from the cold?
  
  Dont you let the sun fade away
  Dont you let the sun fade away
  Dont you let the sun be leaving
  Wont you come to me soon
  
  And even though the stars are listening
  And the oceans deep, I just go to sleep
  And then I create a silent movie
  You become the star, is that what you are, dear?
  Your whisper tells a secret
  Your laughter brings me joy
  And a wonder of feeling Im natures own little boy
  But still the tears keep falling
  Theyre raining from the sky
  Well theres a lot of me got to
  go under before I get high
  
  Dont you let the sun disappear
  Dont you let the sun disappear
  
  Dont you let the sun be leaving
  No, you cant be leaving my life
  Say that you wont be leaving my life
  Say that you wont be leaving my life
  Say wont you please, stay wont you please
  Say wont you please, stay wont you please
  
  Lord, wont you come and get into my life
  Lord, wont you come and get into my life
  Say wont you please, stay wont you please
  Say wont you please, stay wont you please
  
  Lord, dont go
  
  And even when the song is over
  Where have I been --- was it just a dream?
  And though your door is always open
  Where do I begin --- may I please come in, dear?

[danlo]

Aurora borealis
The icy sky at night
Paddles cut the water
In a long and hurried flight
From the white man
to the fields of green
And the homeland
we've never seen.

They killed us in our tepee
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks
and the wagons come
And the night falls
on the setting sun.

They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box
at the top of the stairs
With my Indian rug
and a pipe to share.

I wish a was a trapper
I would give thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
And find out how she felt
In the mornin'
on the fields of green
In the homeland
we've never seen.

And maybe Marlon Brando
Will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astrodome
and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Pocahontas.-Neil

[The Laughing Man]

• The Only Living Boy in New York
  
  Tom, get your plane right on time.
  I know your part'll go fine.
  Fly down to Mexico.
  Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da and here I am,
  The only living boy in New York.
  I get the news I need on the weather report.
  I can gather all the news I need on the weather report.
  Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile.
  Da-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da here I am
  The only living boy in New York
  
  • • 
  • Half of the time we're gone
    but we don't know where,
    And we don't know here.
  Tom, get your plane right on time.
  I know you've been eager to fly now.
  Hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine
  Da-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da
  Like it shines on me
  The only living boy in New York,
  The only living boy in New York.
  
  
  - Paul Simon -

[danlo]

How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
Now that you know who you are
What do you want to be?
And have you travelled very far?
Far as the eye can see.
How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
How often have you been there?
Often enough to know.
What did you see, when you were there?
Nothing that doesn't show.
Baby you're a rich man,
Baby you're a rich man,
Baby you're a rich man too.
You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo.
What a thing to do.
Baby you're a rich man,
Baby you're a rich man,
Baby you're a rich man too.
How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
Tuned to A natural E
Happy to be that way.
Now that you've found another key
What are you going to play?
Baby you're a rich man,
Baby you're a rich man,
Baby you're a rich man too.
You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo.
What a thing to do.
Baby you're a rich man...

[lucimay]

Now that I've passed your test
How can I prove to you baby i'll never let you down
If I led you around, I'm sorry
But I never meant to worry you.... no
Now that I've kissed your breast
How can I prove to you baby I'll never make you sad
If I ever had , do believe your tears tears won't come back again
I love you, though the stars may fade
And mountains turn into sand. I love you
'Til my body changes into an old man. I love you
And the song that i sing is the only way that I can explain
La la la la la la
You know i wish for you baby nothing but good times ahead
Anything that heaven can give you, I can give you instead
La la la la la la
How could I lie to you baby, i'll never lead you around
I'll take care of everything you need, darling
Every little need'll be found. I love you
Thought the time may change and snowmen sleep in the sea
And I really only want you to want me. I love you
And the song that i sing is the only way that i can explain
Now that you've shown your heart
I'll be right with you baby, I'll never leave you alone
Anywhere you want me to be honey, i'll be there to have and to hold
And now that the clouds roll back, hold on to me baby
We're going never to land, flying on the power of love
Flying on the power of love. I love you
Though time may fade and mountains turn into sand
I love you, 'til the very same come back to the land
I love you and the song that i sing is the only way that
i can explain
Two fine people should love each other
Two fine people should help each other

[The Laughing Man]

I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
Tables of paper wood, windows of light
And everything emptying into White.

A simple garden, with acres of sky
A Brown-haired dogmouse
If one dropped by
Yellow Delanie would sleep well at night
With everything emptying into White.

A sad Blue eyed drummer rehearses outside
A Black spider dancing on top of his eye
Red legged chicken stands ready to strike
And everything emptying into White.

I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice...
And everything emptying into White.

[sgt.null]

Well I think its fine, building jumbo planes.
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train.
Switch on summer from a slot machine.
Get what you want to if you want, cause you can get anything.

I know weve come a long way,
Were changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass.
For your lorryloads pumping petrol gas.
And you make them long, and you make them tough.
But they just go on and on, and it seems you cant get off.

Oh, I know weve come a long way,
Were changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

When you crack the sky, scrapers fill the air.
Will you keep on building higher
til theres no more room up there?
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?

I know weve come a long way,
Were changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?

[lucimay]

Well I left my happy home to see what I could find out
I left my folk and friends with the aim to clear my mind out
Well I hit the rowdy road and many kinds I met there
Many stories told me of the way to get there

So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out

Well in the end I'll know, but on the way I wonder
Through descending snow, and through the frost and thunder

Well, I listen to the wind come howl, telling me I have to hurry
I listen to the robin's song saying not to worry

So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout

Then I found myself alone, hopin' someone would miss me
Thinking about my home, and the last man to kiss me, kiss me

But sometimes you have to moan when nothing seems to suit yer
But nevertheless you know you're locked towards the future

So on and on you go, the seconds tick the time out
There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to findout

Then I found my head one day when I wasn't even trying
And here I have to say, 'cause there is no use in lying, lying

Yes the answer lies within, so why not take a look now?
Kick out the devil's sin, pick up, pick up a good book now

[sgt.null]

Birdhouse In Your Soul
They Might Be Giants

I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it:
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and
I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary
One note, spelled L-I-T-E
My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette
It doesn't rest

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it:
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am

There's a picture opposite me
Of my primitive ancestry
Which stood on rocky shores
And kept the beaches shipwreck-free
Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job
After killing Jason off
And countless screaming Argonauts
Bluebird of friendliness
Like guardian angels it's
Always near

Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it:
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

While you're at it
Leave the nightlight on
Inside the birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it:
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

(Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch) While you're at it
(Who watches over you) Leave the nightlight on
(Make a little birdhouse in your soul) Inside the birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it:
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

(Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch) While you're at it
(Who watches over you) Leave the nightlight on
(Make a little birdhouse in your soul) Inside the birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it:
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul

[Esmer]

• Precious Moments - Posies
  
  
  • The bloodless toil
    The endless foil
  
  You'll never see your home again
  Everytime you dial that phone
  It rings like it's got no end
  
  Life, what precious moments
  Like a flood that you can't reverse
  Oh life of precious moments
  And it's only getting worse
  
  The mud-filled cracks
  Of rutted tracks
  You'll never see your mother again
  Everytime you dig that grave
  Why do you bother trying to fill it in?
  
  Oh, life, what precious moments
  Like a flood that you can't reverse
  Oh, life, what precious moments
  And it's only getting worse
  
  I hate to see what trials can be
  Expected of the ordinary
  Before you can recoil in horror
  
  • You'll discover life
    is life's destroyer
  
  Oh, life, what precious moments
  Like a flood that you can't reverse
  Oh, life, what precious moments
  And it's only getting worse
  
  I hate to see what trials can be
  Expected of the ordinary
  We've all got some blood for brothers
  Why do we never share with others
  Sisters pure -- the vein is sure
  You'll never hear music again
  
  That's enough, that's enough,
  that's enough, oh that's enough!
  
  Of life, what precious moments
  Like a flood that you can't reverse
  Oh, life, what precious moments
  And it's only getting worse
  
  Don't waste your time -- I can't hear you
  Don't waste your time -- I can't hear you
  Don't waste your time -- I can't hear you
  Don't waste your time -- I can't hear you...

[lucimay]

(oo) What you want
(oo) Baby, I got
(oo) What you need
(oo) Do you know I got it?
(oo) All I'm askin'
(oo) Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)

I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
Ain't gonna do you wrong (oo) 'cause I don't wanna (oo)
All I'm askin' (oo)
Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Baby (just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Is to give me my profits
When you get home (just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)

------ instrumental break ------

Ooo, your kisses (oo)
Sweeter than honey (oo)
And guess what? (oo)
So is my money (oo)
All I want you to do (oo) for me
Is give it to me when you get home (re, re, re ,re)
Yeah baby (re, re, re ,re)
Whip it to me (respect, just a little bit)
When you get home, now (just a little bit)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB

Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
I get tired (just a little bit)
Keep on tryin' (just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of foolin' (just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin' (just a little bit)
(re, re, re, re) 'spect
When you come home (re, re, re ,re)
Or you might walk in (respect, just a little bit)
And find out I'm gone (just a little bit)
I got to have (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)