Way to Mandalay

Way to Mandalay [Blackmore's Night]

I wandered down the pathway, through the misty moor
Like I knew he did a thousand times before
Voices seem to echo "Come talk with me a while
Just around the corner, just another mile..."

I had heard the stories, her legend served her well
A mystic's myth or fable, truth or fairy tale
A raggle taggle gypsy , with a toothless smile
Said "Sit with me my darling, let's talk a little while..."

*And the road goes on, seeming ever longer on the Way to Mandalay
And the road goes on, forever will I wander on the Way to Mandalay...

The mile went on forever, the minutes turned to days
Could I have been misguided by the mystic's ways?
The moment lasts forever, at least it does for me
Caught between what happened and what could never be...

Benton Harbor Blues

Benton Harbor Blues [The Fiery Furnaces]

As I try to fill all of my empty days,
I stumble round on through my memory's maze;
of all my past, only the sadness stays.

I went moping down by the bridge;
I rode a bike in the snow to the mini-mart;
I thought of the ways that I've broke my own heart.

It's not for me to fill the blue sea with tears,
but when I think back on all the wasted years
all the good cheer and all the charm disappears.

I wore the exact same clothes for five days;
the bailbondsman gave me a smile;
I was thinking of only my sins all the while.

As I try to fill all of my empty days,
I stumble round on through my memory's maze;
of all my past, only the sadness stays

Fire Water Burn

Fire Water Burn [The Bloodhound Gang]

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Hello my name is Jimmy Pop and I'm a dumb white guy,
I'm not old or new but middle school fifth grade like junior high,
I don't know mofo if y'all peeps be buggin' give props to my ho cause she all fly,
But I can take the heat cause I'm the other white meat known as 'Kid Funky Fried',
Yeah I'm hung like planet Pluto hard to see with the naked eye,
But if I crashed into Uranus I would stick it where the sun don't shine,
Cause I'm kind of like Han Solo always stroking my own wookie,
I'm the root of all that's evil yeah but you can call me cookie,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Yo yo this hard-core ghetto gangster image takes a lot of practice,
I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is,
So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven,
This honkey's gone to heaven,
But if I go to hell then I hope I burn well,
I'll spend my days with J.F.K., Marvin Gaye, Martha Raye, and Lawrence Welk,
And Kurt Cobain, Kojak, Mark Twain and Jimi Hendrix's poltergeist,
And Webster yeah Emmanuel Lewis cause he's the anti-christ,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.

Everybody here we go,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Throw your hands in the air,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Wave 'em like you don't care,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Everbody say ho,
Ohh Ohh,
C'mon party people,
Ohh Ohh,
Everybody here we go.

You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)

You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told) [The White Stripes]

In some respects
I suspect you've got a respectable side
When pushed and pulled and pressured
You seldom run and hide
But it's for someone elses benefit
Not for what you wanna do
Until I realize that you've realized
I'm gonna say these words to you

You don't know what love is
You do as you're told
Just as a child at ten might act
But you're far too old
You're not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is...
You just do as you're told

I can see your man
Cant help but win
Any problems that may arise
But in his mind there can be no sin
If you never criticize
You just keep on repeating
All those empty "I love you's"
Until you say you deserve better
I'm gonna lay right into you

You don't know what love is
You just do as you're told
Just as a child of ten might act
But you're far too old
Your not hopeless or helpless
And I hate to sound cold
But you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is
No you don't know what love is

You just do as you're told
You do as you're told
Yeah

Ahora Que Se Ha Ido el Sol

Ahora Que Se Ha Ido el Sol [Konsumo Respeto]

Alguien mas, que quiera aguantar esta broma
pesada, que empieza a cansar y también a
gustar. Despertar, si todo es mentira nada vale
nada, la noche me aclara, me empiezo a trabar.
Sospechar, que todo es un juego, que yo me la
pego, que acabo en el suelo y no puedo ganar.
Reclamar, y clamarle al cielo, a la tierra y al
fuego, y a todo el veneno, del agua del mar...

Yo escondido en mi rincón, espero a mi
luna, que vuelva la inspiración, a hacer de
las suyas.

Y es que ya no queda opción, y es que poco
a poco sale la luz del sol. Retrasamos el reloj,
aunque de nada nos vale, la noche
terminó...

Sonreír, nos quedan motivos, aun estamos
vivos pagando recibos de felicidad. Asumir, los
pasos perdidos son nuestro camino, te sientes
vencido, no quieres ni andar. Resistir, te veo
jodido con tanto cretino que con tu destino se
atreve a jugar. Presumir, de ser un vendido, de
haberte rendido, algo parecido a un número
más.

Mismo bar, misma canción, lo mío no
es lucha. Callejero rocanrol, que nadie te
escucha.

Y es que ya no queda opción, y es que poco
a poco sale la luz del sol. Retrasamos el reloj,
aunque de nada nos vale, la noche
terminó...

Y nos dejó a ti y a mi con la misma risa
floja, con la misma cara rota, de no dormir...

Alguien mas, que quiera aguantar esta broma
pesada, que empieza a cansar y también a
gustar. Despertar, si todo es mentira nada vale
nada, la noche me aclara, me empiezo a trabar.
Sospechar, que todo es un juego, que yo me la
pego, que acabo en el suelo y no puedo ganar.
Reclamar, y clamarle al cielo, a la tierra y al
fuego, y a todo el veneno, del agua del mar...

Yo escondido en mi rincón, espero a mi
luna, que vuelva la inspiración, a hacer de
las suyas.

Y es que ya no queda opción, y es que poco
a poco sale la luz del sol. Retrasamos el reloj,
aunque de nada nos vale, la noche
terminó...

Sonreír, nos quedan motivos, aun estamos
vivos pagando recibos de felicidad. Asumir, los
pasos perdidos son nuestro camino, te sientes
vencido, no quieres ni andar. Resistir, te veo
jodido con tanto cretino que con tu destino se
atreve a jugar. Presumir, de ser un vendido, de
haberte rendido, algo parecido a un número
más.

Mismo bar, misma canción, lo mío no
es lucha. Callejero rocanrol, que nadie te
escucha.

Y es que ya no queda opción, y es que poco
a poco sale la luz del sol. Retrasamos el reloj,
aunque de nada nos vale, la noche
terminó...

Y nos dejó a ti y a mi con la misma risa
floja, con la misma cara rota, de no dormir...

Baba O'Reilly

Baba O'Reilly [The Who]

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven

Don't cry
Don't raise your eye
It's only teenage wasteland

Sally ,take my hand
Travel south crossland
Put out the fire
Don't look past my shoulder
The exodus is here
The happy ones are near
Let's get together
Before we get much older

Teenage wasteland
It's only teenage wasteland
Teenage wasteland
Oh, oh
Teenage wasteland
They're all wasted!

With a Girl Like You

With a Girl Like You [The Troggs]

I want to spend my life with a girl like you
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
And do all the things that you want me to
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Till that time has come
That we might live as one
Can I dance with you
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

I tell by the way dress that you're so refined
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
And by the way you talk that you're just my kind
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Girl why should it be
That you don't notice me
Can I dance with you
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Baby baby is there no chance
I can take you for the last dance
All night long yeah I've been waiting
Now there'll be no hesitating

So before this dance has reached the end
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
To you across the floor my love I'll send
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
I just hope and pray that I'll find a way to say
Can I dance with you
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba

Death of a Clown

Death of a Clown [The Kinks]

My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin
Im drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin
The lion tamers whip doesnt crack anymore
The lions they wont fight and the tigers wont roar

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
So lets all drink to the death of a clown
Wont someone help me to break up this crown
Lets all drink to the death of a clown
Lets all drink to the death of a clown

The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
And frantically looking for runaway fleas

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Lets all drink to the death of a clown
So wont someone help me to break up this crown
Lets all drink to the death of a clown
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Lets all drink to the death of a clown
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Paradise

Paradise [Stratovarius]

Late at night I find myself again
Wondering and watching TV
I can't believe what's on the screen
Something that I wouldn't like to see

Many rare species will perish soon
And we'll be short on food
Why do we have to be so selfish
We've got to change our attitude

I know that I am not
The only one that's worried
Why don't we all
Wake up, and realize

Like the birds in the sky
We're flying so high
Without making any kind of sacrifice
We've got so little time
To undo this crime
Or we'll lose our paradise

It seems to me that there's no sense at all
Nobody cares it's always the same
Mother nature's crying out in pain
We're the one's to blame

I know that I am not
The only one that's worried
Why don't we all
Wake up, and realize

Like the birds in the sky
We're flying so high
Without making any kind of sacrifice
We've got so little time
To undo this crime
Or we'll lose our paradise

Like the birds in the sky
We're flying so high
Without making any kind of sacrifice
We've got so little time
To undo this crime
Or we'll lose our paradise

Like the birds in the sky
We're flying so high
Without making any kind of sacrifice
We've got so little time
To undo this crime
Or we'll lose our paradise

Like the birds in the sky

We're flying so high

We've got so little time
To undo this crime
Or we'll lose our paradise

Oooooohh

So high...

Viajando al Fin de la Noche

Viajando al Fin de la Noche [Los Suaves]

Conduciendo son las seis,
la botella entre los pies,
las penas viajan en coche,
tormento del amanecer,
la luna empieza a caer,
y el sol asesina la noche.

Hoy con sangre escribiré
que una maldita mujer
fué la causa de mi ruina
y, nunca nunca olvidaré
que hace tiempo otra mujer
sin piedad me dio la vida.

Para soportar mi condena
y descansar mis penas
¿Quien me presta un corazón?

Asfalto empieza a llover
caen lagrimas en el arcén
y el cielo escupe reproches
maldiciendo no se a quien
voy como Cristo sin fé
viajando al fin de la noche.

Soy una vía sin tren.
Una monja en un burdel.
Una botella vacia.
Soy como un vaso al revés.
Como Cain sin Abel.
Una batalla perdida.

¿Un paraíso en la tierra?
La verdad es que un alma en pena
vive mejor que yo.

Los faros ya no dejan ver.
La aguja señalando cien.
Las venas cargadas de noche.
La máquina muere de sed.
Motor, beber y correr.
Alguien morirá esta noche.

Nunca un libro escribiré
jamás un arbol plantaré
ni a un hijo daré la vida
siempre es tarde y esta vez,
será la ultima vez
hermana muerte querida.

Para soportar mi condena,
y para descansar mis penas,
¿quién me presta un corazón?

Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)

Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) [The Decemberists]

Heart-carved tree trunk, Yankee bayonet
A sweetheart left behind
Far from the hills of the sea-swelled Carolinas
That's where my true love lies

Look for me when the sun-bright swallow
Sings upon the birch bough high
But you are in the ground with the voles and the weevils
All a'chew upon your bones so dry

But when the sun breaks
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
Then will you make a grave
For I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
Then

When I was a girl how the hills of Oconee
Made a seam to hem me in
There at the fair when our eyes caught, careless
Got my heart right pierced by a pin

But oh, did you see all the dead of Manassas
All the bellies and the bones and the bile
No, I lingered here with the blankets barren
And my own belly big with child

But when the sun breaks
To no more bullets in Battle Creek
Then will you make a grave
For I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then
I will be home then

Stems and bones and stone walls too
Could keep me from you
Skein of skin is all too few
To keep me from you

But oh my love, though our bodies may be parted
Though our skin may not touch skin
Look for me with the sun-bright sparrow
I will come on the breath of the wind