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Chicago Institute - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

[King Malachite]

..Mo' Horizons - Foto Viva (Nicola Conte Mix) .

[VenomGaia]

The Hush Sound: Wine Red

Skrillex: Kill Everybody

Bon Jovi: It's My Life

Klippa vs. Mayhem: Acid Bath

[Jamie D]

the english hate the irish
the arabs hate the jew
the whole world's got its black man
in a pinch
the cowboys hate the indians
the chinese hate 'em too
the french hate everyone
but that's just part of being french

now your spaniard loves a bullfight
and your russian loves a trial
italians love his holiness
because he dresses real snappy
and the germans like a good old
fashioned war
every once in a while
and we americans love everyone
we keep the whole world laughing

yes we're just one big happy family
'neath the sun
all full of you and me and he and she
and it and everyone
oh it's a wacky zany place
that we come from
we call it heaven
please take your shoes off
don't ask no questions
are you having fun?

now the thin ones laugh at fat ones
and the smart ones laugh at fools
you know that everyone thinks
somebody else is funny
the hot laugh at the cold
the old are laughing at the new
and six-gun yassir and bokassa and
the rockefellers
laugh at everybody

still it's just one big happy family
'neath the sun
it's all full of you and me and he and she
and it and everyone
gosh it's a goofy loony place that we
come from
me/i ain't laughin'
in fact i'm leavin'
you keep the car dear
i still don't need it
don't tell the children
don't tell the germans
don't tell the rockefellers
don't tell no one

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me playing guitar. Ever since i've lost weight, i'm much more flexible with my body. I may not like how it looks, but at least i can shred and weirdly enough, jump around again.

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"Ironic" Alanis Morissette

Love that song.

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"Music" John Miles

and then:

"Our Lady" Deep Purple

Thinking out of line just to make the sun shine
  Anyway I can be like you
  Fighting with the truth
  Trying to hide a fool in a fantasy
  I'm dreaming, lay me down and take me now
  Our Lady of the skies

  Hiding in the sun like a loaded gun reality
  Aiming high at my dream
  But I can get along
  She makes me strong, anyway
  I'm dreaming and there is no other way
  Our Lady of the skies

  Flying in the sky with a bunch of high fidelity
  I can hear your song
  Offer me a ring just to show me your sincerity
  I'm dreaming, let me go
  Our Lady of the skies

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Bad Attitude/The Spanish Archer - Deep Purple

Dedicated to Michael. Thanks for ruining my self-esteem two years ago, you idiot!

take a look at
  these dirty hands
  take a look at this face these blazing eyes
  do you see me as a broken man
  tell me
  are you really that blind

  you got yourself a load of trouble now
  you got yourself a bad deal
  you say i've got a bad attitude
  how d'you think i feel

  you got me locked in a paper cage
  you think i'm chained up but i'm just tied down
  step aside get out of my way
  i won't hurt you i had enough being pushed around

  you got yourself a load of trouble now
  you got yourself a bad deal
  you say i've got a bad attitude
  how d'you think i feel

  don't want a number
  i got a name
  take a look at my face
  talk about a bad attitude
  things have got to change

well there must have been a reason for the smile that you had upon your
    face last night
  are you the cat that got the cream did you lick your lips did you close
    your eyes
  can you imagine how it feels it's so hard to reveal
  oh i can't get through and i'm falling
  i'm getting out i'm losing ground
  the spanish archer's gonna bring you down

  is there someone somewhere waiting in the wings to take my place
  let's not drag it out like a cagney death scene
  in this season of change it's not hard to explain
  like the leaves on the trees i'm falling
  and as you turn don't look away
  the spanish archer's gonna make you pay

  do you remember when the sky was blue we used to talk for miles
  and now we drive along in this thundering silence
  it's such an obvious lie with that easy smile of yours
  i'm letting go and i'm falling
  i'm getting out losing ground
  the spanish archer's gonna bring you down

  well is there something i can say as we stumble to the edge have we gone
    too far
  why don't we call it a day before we call it a nightmare darlin'
  if we made a mistake then all that it takes to be free
  is the wave of a hand and you're falling and as you turn don't look away
  the spanish archer's gonna make you pay

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The Unwritten Law (after that the whole House Of Blue Light album from my 80's long version) - Deep Purple

listen to
    me
  i've got a
    warning for
    you
  you've got to
    learn to take
    more care
  'cos if you swim in
    dirty water
  be careful how you dry
    your hair
  in a room within a room
  in a hole within a hole
  you've got to learn to share
    your secrets
  or you'll lose your soul

  i've got the evidence
  i know you broke the unwritten law
  another town another one night stand
  you know you broke the law

  it's so hard to hold back
  when the fire is in your eyes
  a silver dollar in my pocket
  i don't like surprises
  i've got your souvenir
  is that the price i've got to pay
  it ain't been that long
  since the last charade

  i know you're guilty
  but i'm carrying the blame
  i took out much more than i put in
  and i felt the pain
  in a dirty little room
  with nowhere left to hide
  you told the truth with your eyes
  but you lied inside

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Currently at "Call of the Wild" (aka a failed attempt to get a hit single)

operator i'm looking for a girl
  you've got to help me get through
  i don't know much about her
  so i'm relying on you
  she got rhythm but no sense of timing
  she likes living but she's got no
    address
  operator you've got to get me out of
    this mess
  let me tell you about her

  she ain't got a face
  she ain't got a name
  she ain't got a leg to stand upon
  she's out of touch
  but not out of mind
  and i've got to see again that gypsy
    child
  operator this is the call of the wild

  she's a hitch hiker never gets a ride
  but you can bet she's on time
  she's always around but so hard to
    find
  she causes trouble she never takes
    offence
  dirty mind a heart of gold
  operator don't you put me on hold

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Slow Train - Deep Purple

How can you live in such a state?
Your mind is empty and you're full of hate
The things you say and the things you do
Mark you down as a helpless fool
I know, I know, I know, I know
It's gonna be all right through the night
Tomorrow comes and you're full of shame
Oh baby! You play the crying game
Aaaah...
Gonna be a long time baby
Before we get it sorted out all right
I'll drag you off to Utopia, baby
We'll end up heading south
I need, I need, I need to know
If you're gonna do me right
If you do the things I ask of you
I'll tell the world tonight
He he he he hee... All right
You do me right, you do me wrong
Tell me, where do I belong?
You do me up, you do me down
I accept it all without a frown
You live like a woman in a fantasy
Ha ha I admire you from my tree
You drain my life and you drain my brain
I end up running back again
I love, I love, I love the funny ways
Oh you throw me in a daze
If you ever left me woman
I'd destroy myself, sure as hell
Aaaah...
We're gonna ride a slow train baby
And take all the whistle stops - oh yes we are
We'll pull down the blinds while the carriage grinds
And the engine grunts and pops
Well there's a city, Jamie cryin' 'bout the fussin' goin' on
So I'll burn her Times to ash
Well there's a lot to live but there's a lot to give
Ready! Steady! Smash!
Alright! Yeah! Uh mmh!
You just got to be out of your head
When you say you're good looking from bottom to top
Well I'll be waiting, to give her the rent
When you pass 'til you say you want a sock hop
Well there's a nightmare howling like there's something going on
and it's going to aim the pain
Oh, just like me he fell in love
Ah now he feels the pain
Aaaah....
Gonna ride a slow train baby
And take all the whistle stops - oh yes we are
We'll pull down the blinds while the carriage grinds
Engine grunts and pops
Well there's a city, Jamie cryin' 'bout the fussin' goin' on
So I'll burn her Times to ash
And there's a lot to live and there's a lot to give
Ready! Steady! Smash!

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I'm crying I'm dying

I can see what's wrong with me
It's in my head
I can see what's gonna be
As I lie in my bed
Man is not my brotherhood
I am of the dead
I died as I lived as I loved and was born
On some distant hill
The reasons to hide were the reasons I cried
Fools pass laughing still

There can be bad blood in all I can see
It's in my brain
You don't know the pain I feel
As I must live again
Rocks and stones can't bruise my soul but
Tears will leave a stain
They smile to themselves as they lay down my head
On some distant hill
The blind and the child sweep a tear from their eye
Fools smile as they kill

I got my own way to go and now I want
To take your minds
I believe if you could see
The blood between the lines
I believe that you could be
A better kind
Please lead the way so the unborn can play
On some greener hill
Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains
Fools die laughing still

I'm trapped in this prison of a body.

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Strange Kind Of Woman - Deep Purple (US Fireball)

Demon's Eye - Deep Purple (UK Fireball)
dedicated to L.M.
I don't know why you're on my mind again. Just thinking about you makes me angry, b*tch!

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I stood under your bedroom window
Throwing up a brick
No-one came I threw one more
That really did the trick
Your daddy came and banged my head
He said what kind of man
Is this that's hanging round my girl
And threw me in the can
You're a farmer's daughter
You're a farmer's daughter
Why do I always get
The kinda girl I didn't oughta get
I won't get no more eggs and water
Now I've laid the farmer's daughter

Imagine I was a full grown man
And I could talk just right
Could I come and see you here
And do this every night
Wham! the door comes crashing down
Your daddy's face all pale
Says come with me you hairy bum
I'll put you in my jail
You're a judge's daughter
You're a judge's daughter
Why do I always get
The kinda girl I didn't oughta get
Now I'm getting jail and torture
Cos' I made the judge's daughter

It seems they're screaming law and order
When I go with anyone's daughter

Woman I should like some peace
And daddy hold your tongue
I think you're gonna die of fright
When I tell you what I've done
I can hear your tales and lies
You say I'm dumb and scraggy
But man this dumb and scraggy is
Your daughter's baby's daddy
She's a lucky daughter
Such a lucky daughter
Why did I always get
The kinda girl I didn't wanna get
Now I've got what I always fought for
Cos I've married a rich man's daughter

Love the slide guitar on this one. Think i'll buy me a bottleneck next month.

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Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

Leaves are falling all around
It's time I was on my way
Thanks to you I'm much obliged
Such a pleasant stay
But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way.
And now I smell the rain
And with it pain
And it's headed my way

Ah, sometimes I grow so tired
But I know I got one thing I got to do
Ramble on
Well now's the time the time is now
Sing my song
I'm goin' around the world
Gonna find my girl
I'm on my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
I'm gonna ramble on
I'm gonna find the queen of all my dreams

Got no time for spreadin' roots
The time has come to be gone
To our health we drank a thousand times
It's time to ramble on

When I'm alone
Oh, well now's the time
The time is now
Sing my song
I'm going around the world
Gonna find my girl
I'm on my way

I've been this way ten years to the day
I'm gonna ramble on
I'm gonna find the queen of all my dreams

Life's the tale that can't be told
My freedom I hold dear
But years ago
In days of old
The magic filled the air
But in the darkest steps of Mordor
I met a girl so fair

But go up to her I run
Courage up and slipped away with her
Ah ->-bleeped-<-

And there's nothing I can do now
I guess I'll keep on
Ramblin' on
I'm gonna sing my song
I'm going around the world
Gonna find my girl
I'm on my way
I've been this way ten years to the day
I'm gonna ramble on
Sing my song
I'm going around the world
I wanna see my girl

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Don't Let It Bring You Down (Castles Burning) - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Angel Station in Moscow DVD)
(Neil Young cover)

A big improvement on Neil Young's version, sorry, learningtolive.

However i am biased, i got my birthname from one of their songs, which at least is a cool backstory and of course, i did see them live twice, my first time seeing them was my first gig in general and, and i had this confirmed from a teacher at my school who was also there, so i didn't imagine it, there were cameras onstage!

You never forget your first gig.

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Don't Kill It Carol/Angels At My Gate (Live in Moscow 2000) - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

This wild rose that I hold in my hand
It's the strangest thing I've seen,
One bud only just started to show,
And the leaves are the lightest green.
It's had it's share of the rain,
It needs some feeling to light it's fiery flame again,
But one cruel lie and it could die.

(Don't kill it Carol)
Oh Carol oh, won't you let this flower grow,
Don't kill it Carol.
Oh Carol oh, won't you let this flower grow,
Don't kill it Carol.

This wild rose that I hold in my hand,
It could grow to be so strong,
Born one night in the calm of the storm,
It was made for a rock and roll song.
It's only just seen the light,
It could so easily fall back to the gentle night,
But one cruel lie and it could die.

(Don't kill it Carol)
Oh Carol oh, won't you let this flower grow,
Don't kill it Carol.
Oh Carol oh, won't you let this flower grow,
Don't kill it Carol.

It's looking for a place to live outside all space and time,
Where there's no need for it to fade.
There's a secret garden that I think we can find,
Lot's of sunshine there's a touch of shade.

(Don't kill it Carol)

This wild rose that I hold in my hand
It's the strangest thing I've seen,
One bud only just started to show,
And the leaves are the lightest green.
It's had it's share of the rain,
It needs some feeling to light it's fiery flame again,
But one cruel lie and it could die.

(Don't kill it Carol)
Oh Carol oh, won't you let this flower grow,
Don't kill it Carol.
Oh Carol oh, won't you let this flower grow,
Don't kill it Carol.

There's a finger on the dial,
The lucky wheel goes round,
Little joker knows he can't escape.
The same time every year,
The fun fair's back in town,
Numbers in the air like ticker tape.

58, 56, 54,
Good angels at my door.
63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58,
Good angels at my gate.

Throw a seven down,
Place another bet,
The joker laughs as the stakes get higher.
The gambler and the clown,
Without a safety net,
Balancing unsteady on a wire.

58, 56, 54,
Good angels at my door.
63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58,
Good angels at my gate.

There's a finger on the dial,
The lucky wheel goes round,
Little joker knows he can't escape.
The same time every year,
The fun fair's back in town,
Numbers in the air like ticker tape.

58, 56, 54,
Good angels at my door.
63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58,
Good angels at my gate.
59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54,
Good angels at my door.
63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58,
Good angels at my gate.
59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, [fading]

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I love this song so much!

Princess cards she sends me
With her regards
Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy
To see her you gotta look hard

Wounded deep in battle
I stand stuffed like some solider undaunted
To her cheshire smile, I'll stand on file
She's all I ever wanted

You let your blue walls get in the way of these facts, honey
Get your carpetbaggers off my back
Girl, give me time to cover my tracks
She said, "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks"
But they're not what I came for
Oh, I came for so much more
And I know you know that, too
And I know you know that's true

I came for you
I came for you
I came for you, for you, I came for you

Crawl into my ambulance
Your pulse is getting weak
Reveal yourself all to me now
While you got the strength to speak

'Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue
With their oxygen masks
But I could give it all to you now
If only you could ask

Don't call for your surgeon, even he says it's late
It's not your lungs this time but your heart holds your fate
Don't give me my money back, don't want it anymore
It's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you stretched out on the floor
I've broken all your windows and I rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to fight my wars
And you should know that's true
You should know that, too

I came for you
I came for you
I came for you, for you, I came for you

Don't call for your surgeon, even he says it's late
It's not your lungs this time but your heart holds your fate
Don't give me my money back, don't want it anymore
It's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you stretched out on the floor
I've broken all your windows and I rammed through all your doors
Who am I to ask you to fight my wars
And you should know that's true
You should know that, too

I came for you
I came for you
I came for you
I came for you
I came for you, for you, I came for you

I came for you

(Live album Mann Alive 1998)

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I'm Gonna Crawl - Led Zeppelin

Beautiful lyrics, not what one would expect from Plant.

Oh, she's my baby,
Let me tell you why
Hey, she drives me crazy
She's the apple of my eye
'Cause she is my girl
And she can never do wrong
If I dream too much at night,
Somebody please bring me down.

Hey, I love that little lady
I got to be her fool
Ain't no other like my baby,
I can break the golden rule
'Cause I get down on my knees,
Oh, I pray that love won't die
And if I always try to please,
I don't know the reason why, yeah.

If she would come back,
Only stay with me
Every little bit, every little bit
Every little bit of my love
I give to you, girl
Every little bit, every little bit
Every little bit, every little bit of my love.

Hit me!

I don't have to go by plane
I ain't gotta go by car
I don't care just where my darling is
People I just don't care how far.

I'm gonna crawl
I'm gonna crawl
Ah, hooh-hooh
I don't wanna crawl, baby
Ah, say-yeah-hey-yeah-hey.

She give me good love, yeah
She give me good lovin'
She give me good love, yeah
She give my good lovin'
My baby give me good lovin'
Ooh, yes, I love her, I guess I love her
Yes, I love her
I wanna crawl.

Heart-wrenching when you know what happened thereafter (his wife was pregnant, the song was dedicated to the baby, she miscarried).

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The queen of light took her bow
And then she turned to go
The prince of peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone

Oh, dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light

The dark lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all

Oh, throw down your plow and hoe
Rest not to lock your homes

Side by side, we wait the might
Of the darkest of them all

I hear the horses' thunder
Down in the valley below
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon
Waiting for the eastern glow

The apples of the valley hold
The seeds of happiness
The ground is rich from tender care
Repay, do not forget, no, no

Oh, dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light

The apples turn to brown and black
The tyrant's face is red

Oh, war is common cry
Pick up your swords and fly

The sky is filled with good and bad
That mortals never know, oh, now

Ah

Oh well, the night is long
The beads of time pass slow
Tired eyes on the sunrise
Waiting for the eastern glow

The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath
The drums will shake the castle wall
The ringwraiths ride in black, ride on

Sing as you raise your bow
(Ride on)
Shoot straighter than before

No comfort has the fire at night
That lights the face so cold

Oh, dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light

The magic runes are writ in gold
To bring the balance back
Bring it back

At last the sun is shining
The clouds of blue roll by
With flames from the dragon of darkness
The sunlight blinds his eyes

Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back

Oh now, oh now, oh now, ah
Oh now, oh now, oh now
Bring it back, bring it back
Bring it back, bring it back

Whoa now, oh now, oh now, oh
Whoa now, oh now, oh now
Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it
Bring it, bring it, bring it
Bring it, bring it, bring it
Bring it, bring ah