Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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Thanks for posting Frank's version, Estee, I was being a tad selfish, lol, cos I'm so not a Frank fan.  Hah!  

Sorry you've got so much going on, sucks, but yes to allowing the music to give you some strength and motivation.  You're a fighter!!! 

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Thanks for posting Frank's version, Estee, I was being a tad selfish, lol, cos I'm so not a Frank fan.  Hah!  

Sorry you've got so much going on, sucks, but yes to allowing the music to give you some strength and motivation.  You're a fighter!!! 

 

Abcd, that “My Way” song was really a lifesaver today. Fall and Winter are not fun where I live...

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"Can You Understand" - Renaissance

 

Dollars down the penny drain

Frozen in the clouds

Dream away the last of pain

In waterfalls of sounds

 

Float across the icy pools

Leaves with curl and sway

Now your mind is floating cool

And you can find the way

 

Can you understand

You can really understand

When the darkness comes you still shine

Open up your eyes

And make the day shine sunshine now

Open up your dreams

And make the way shine sunshine now

 

Can you understand, you understand

Can you understand, you understand

 

Open up your life

And make your lifetime sunshine now

Open up your soul

And make your lifeline sunshine now

 

Can you understand, you understand

Can you understand, you understand

 

Dancing without moving now

Growing with your soul

One with all around you now

Related to the all

 

Purple mist around your hair

Eyes are bathed in blue

Smiling into everywhere

Love is coming through

 

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"We Can Leave The World Behind" - Sasha

 

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When you're feeling times of trouble

When you're feeling insecure

When you're lost inside

And have nowhere to turn

 

When you look into the future

And your writing's on the wall

It's the fear of falling

Staring at us all

 

And if your world

Has not turned out to be

What you planned

Then come with me

 

[CHORUS:]

We can leave the world behind

You never know what we can find

Together we can take the time and make it right

We can leave the world behind

Whatever you got on your mind

Together we can take the time and make it right

 

No matter what you're feeling

No matter what you need

If you believe in love

Then you succeed

 

We all have our illusions

And we all have our own dreams

But there's times when life's

Just not what it might seem

 

[CHORUS]

 

And if your world

Has not turned out to be

What you planned

Then look inside

 

Open your eyes

Reach out and you will see

Together we can make it right

Make it right, make it right, make it right

Make it right

 

We can leave the world behind

You never know what we can find

Together we can take the time

And make it right

We can leave the world behind

Whatever you got on your mind

Together we can take the time

And make it right

 

Together we can take the time

And make it right

Together we can take the time

And make it right

 

 

             

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U2 “Kite” : Music & Lyrics

 

From the album “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” (2000).

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Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (1974)

 

Songfacts & Lyrics

 

One of my fav riffs by Ed King and Gary Rossington. I do like Neil Young anyway...

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Good ones, thanks, Estee.  You should add the Youtube link as well, make it easier for everyone to click and listen. 

I'm so glad your kitty provides you with so much comfort.  I've had a houseful of dogs most of my life, a house just ain't a home without one for me ...  animals are just the best, aren't they?  Hope you're having a restful sleep as I'm typing this, Estee.

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Good ones, thanks, Estee.  You should add the Youtube link as well, make it easier for everyone to click and listen. 

I'm so glad your kitty provides you with so much comfort.  I've had a houseful of dogs most of my life, a house just ain't a home without one for me ...  animals are just the best, aren't they?  Hope you're having a restful sleep as I'm typing this, Estee.

 

Thank you, abcd Some YouTube vids are blocked in my country. I think U2 blocked most of their vids. Some vids I simply don’t like. I love the studio version of „Sweet Home Alabama”. Seeing those guys sometimes makes me sad. Cause so many of them are gone. I mostly prefer studio versions. The sound is often better. Will try to add YouTube vids when possible. Do the iTunes links open at all? I’m not in the US.

 

Yeah, a pet is a man’s best friend. So very true. Kitty is my whole family. And my first cat. Wanted to have a cat all my life. I’m up already. Almost awake...

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Ah, gotcha.  Yes, the iTune links are fine!  I also mostly far prefer studio versions.

Okay, now to drop down my set for the night.  The first one coming up is a real doozy, couldn't resist! 

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"Tired As F--" - The Staves

 

R-Rated

 

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Dry my eyes on the back of my sleeve

And do my coat up

 

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Put down the phone, put on my gloves

And wish me luck

Wish me luck

 

Oh, I'm tired as Hell

Oh, I'm tired as Hell

Busted bed, broken door

And I'm keeping to myself

 

Oh, I'm tired as Hell

Oh, I'm tired as Hell

Put down the phone, put on my shoes

And wish me well

Wish me well

 

Never had a prayer to swallow

I'll be coming home tomorrow

Never had a prayer to follow

I'll be coming home tomorrow

 

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Nothing no one ever can do

To bring me back up

 

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Oh, I'm tired as f--

Dry my eyes on the back of my sleeve

Just wish me luck

Wish me luck

 

Never had a prayer to swallow

I'll be coming home tomorrow

Never had a prayer to follow

I'll be coming home tomorrow

 

Never had a prayer to swallow

I'll be coming home tomorrow

Never had a prayer to follow

I'll be coming home tomorrow

 

   

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"Fly, Bird, Fly" - Quiet Corral

 

I woke to smoke

And everything was burning all around me

I came alive with soot in my eyes

And I tried to think

 

Then I saw a pigeon in my window

Sitting peacefully

So I wrote out a note

Took string and tied it to his feet

 

On the tattered paper

It read "Help, I've got myself in deep"

I'm alone and home

These atoms cannot help themselves from changing

 

From slow to fast and faster still

My skin will do the same

So fly, bird, fly

And save me from this strain

 

Say, are you a friend of mine

Say, did we meet in another life

Say, I can't seem to recall

Were we nothing

Were we lovers

Were we something better

 

So I sat as the air turned black

With my hands woven

I tapped my foot as each second passed

Just to keep my heart from going

 

I joined the beat

Of the cracking timber symphony

For I was singing when I came

And I'll be singing when I leave

 

Say, are you a friend of mine

Say, did we meet in another life

Say, I can't seem to recall

Were we nothing

Were we lovers

Were we something better

 

Say, maybe you are the one

Who held me on your knee

And taught me how to run

Or were we at each other's throat's

On the ground coughing up our lungs

Because we wasted all of us

 

And the clouds were split in threes

As the rain dropped to its knees

And the sky came alive

But it broke around my friend

As he flew threw the torrent

To make up my lullaby

 

Lullaby, lullaby, lullaby

Lullaby, lullaby, lullaby

Lullaby

Final lullaby

 

So I gave in

For the smoke was too dense

The music turned to clatter

And then only ringing

I laid on my back and watched the flame turn blue

And when the roof came down

I was still waiting for the bird

To bring you

 

:'(

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"Uncharted" - Sarah Bareilles

 

No words

My tears won't make any room for more

And it don't hurt

Like anything I've ever felt before

This is no broken heart

No familiar scars

This territory goes uncharted

 

Just me

In a room sunk down in a house in a town

And I don't breathe

No I never meant to let it get away from me

No, I've too much to hold

Everybody has to get their hands on gold

And I want it uncharted

 

Stuck under the ceiling I made

I can't help but feeling

I'm going down

 

(CHORUS:)

Follow if you want

I won't just hang around

Like you'll show me where to go

I'm already out

Of foolproof ideas

So don't ask me how to get started

It's all uncharted

 

Each day

Counting up the minutes

Till I get alone

Cause I can't stay in the middle of it all

 

It's nobody's fault

But I'm so low

Never knew how much I didn't know

Oh, everything is uncharted

 

I know I'm getting nowhere

When I only sit and stare

Like I'm going down

 

(CHORUS)

 

Jumpstart my kaleidoscope heart

Love to watch the colors fade

They may not make sense

But they sure as hell made me

 

I won't go as a passenger, no

Waiting for the road to be laid

Though I may be going down

I'm taking flame over burning out

 

Compare

Where you are to where you want to be

And you'll get nowhere

 

I'm going down

Follow if you want

I won't just hang around

Like you'll show me where to go

I'm already out

Of foolproof ideas

So don't ask me how to get started

(x2)

 

It's all uncharted

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BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER SONGTEXT

 

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When you're weary, feeling small

When tears are in your eyes

I will dry them all

 

I'm on your side

Oh when times get rough

And friends just can't be found

 

Like a bridge over troubled water

I will lay me down

Like a bridge over troubled water

I will lay me down

 

When you're down and out

When you're on the street

When evening falls so hard, I will comfort you

 

 

I'll take your part

Oh, when darkness comes

And pain is all around

 

Like a bridge over troubled water

I will lay me down

Like a bridge over troubled water

I will lay me down

 

Sail on silver girl, sail on by

Your time has come to shine

All your dreams are on their way

See how they shine

 

Oh, if you need a friend

I'm sailing right behind

 

Like a bridge over troubled water

I will ease your mind

Like a bridge over troubled water

I will ease your mind

 

             

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"Beautiful" - Carole King

 

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face

And show the world all the love in your heart

Then people gonna treat you better

You're gonna find, yes, you will

That you're beautiful as you feel

 

Waiting at the station with a workday wind a-blowing

I've got nothing to do but watch the passers-by

Mirrored in their faces I see frustration growing

And they don't see it showing, why do I

 

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face

And show the world all the love in your heart

Then people gonna treat you better

You're gonna find, yes, you will

That you're beautiful as you feel

 

I have often asked myself the reason for sadness

In a world where tears are just a lullaby

If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness

Maybe not, oh, but we can only try

You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face

And show the world all the love in your heart

Then people gonna treat you better

You're gonna find, yes, you will

That you're beautiful

You're beautiful

You're beautiful as you feel

 

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"OH MY VERTIGO" by K. Kuspa

 

(sung to the tune of "Oh Suzannah"...)

 

 

1.

Oh, I spun so hard, the other night

I thought I was a top

I laid my head and tried to rest,

But it just would not stop!

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2.

Oh, the doctor said it was my ear,

The next said it was stress

Another gave me happy pills

He said I was depressed.

 

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[CHORUS]

 

*OH, my vertigo!

*What have you done to me!

*I have left the land of sanity

*And am spinning endlessly!

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3.

The fourth said my neck was messed up

The vertebrae were skewed

So I went into traction

Just to please this fancy dude!

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4.

Another doctor saw me

She said it was migraine

and then she plainly told me

not to come back again!

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    [CHORUS]

*OH, my vertigo!

*What have you done to me!

*I have left the land of sanity

*And am spinning endlessly!

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5.

Another said I'd had a stroke,

Another said, "AMEN!"

The eighth, she said, "A PLF!"

The ninth, he said "MM!"

 

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6.

My HMO is sick of me,

but "they'll do what they can;"

But then, I heard--it was a joke!

I was not in their plan!

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*OH, my vertigo!

*What have you done to me!

*I have left the land of sanity

*And am spinning endlessly!

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K. Kuspa, c.1997

 

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"Uncharted" - Sarah Bareilles

 

I like this one the best, abcd Sweet dreams

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"OH MY VERTIGO" by K. Kuspa

 

(sung to the tune of "Oh Suzannah"...)

 

 

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"OH MY VERTIGO" by K. Kuspa

 

(sung to the tune of "Oh Suzannah"...)

 

 

 

:laugh:   Hilarious!!!  Wait until our Dizzy Dame, Lapis, sees this one! 

Thanks for sharing, merrysage, hope you're doing okay?

 

 

"Uncharted" - Sarah Bareilles

 

I like this one the best, abcd Sweet dreams

 

  One more to go and then, yes, fingers crossed for sweet dreams for me shortly, lol!  Very shortly.  

 

Thanks for keeping me company, gals. 

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"Inside Out" - Alphaville

 

 

Your hand full of hours

Sand from the urns

A traveling companion

The secret of ferns

 

From darkness to darkness

Where shall I begin

When whiteness attacked us

Sewn under our skin

 

And there were the stars

That helped to navigate our souls

 

With all my love

I went into the world

From inside out

And I gave it all to you

And I need your love

That was looking for me

Looking for me

Just on my lips look for your kiss

Just on my lips look for your kiss

 

And always I think

Were we might have gone

If we'd never met

Inside this song

 

Our names are enciphered

But the words became true

When I was the sun

And you, you were the moon

 

And there were the stars

That helped to navigate our souls

 

With all my love

I went into the world

From inside out

And I gave it all to you

And I need your love

That was looking for me

Looking for me

Just on my lips look for your kiss

Just on my lips look for your kiss

Just on my lips look for your kiss

 

                               

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Songfacts & Lyrics

 

R.I.P. Chester Bennington (March 20, 1976 - July 20, 2017)

 

Chester Bennington’s Last Days: Linkin Park’s Singer

Mix of Hope, Heaviness - RollingStone

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"OH MY VERTIGO" by K. Kuspa

 

(sung to the tune of "Oh Suzannah"...)

 

 

1.

Oh, I spun so hard, the other night

I thought I was a top

I laid my head and tried to rest,

But it just would not stop!

---

2.

Oh, the doctor said it was my ear,

The next said it was stress

Another gave me happy pills

He said I was depressed.

 

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[CHORUS]

 

*OH, my vertigo!

*What have you done to me!

*I have left the land of sanity

*And am spinning endlessly!

-----------

3.

The fourth said my neck was messed up

The vertebrae were skewed

So I went into traction

Just to please this fancy dude!

-----------

4.

Another doctor saw me

She said it was migraine

and then she plainly told me

not to come back again!

-------------

 

    [CHORUS]

*OH, my vertigo!

*What have you done to me!

*I have left the land of sanity

*And am spinning endlessly!

------------

5.

Another said I'd had a stroke,

Another said, "AMEN!"

The eighth, she said, "A PLF!"

The ninth, he said "MM!"

 

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6.

My HMO is sick of me,

but "they'll do what they can;"

But then, I heard--it was a joke!

I was not in their plan!

----------

   

    [CHORUS]

 

*OH, my vertigo!

*What have you done to me!

*I have left the land of sanity

*And am spinning endlessly!

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K. Kuspa, c.1997

 

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Fantastic! I love it!

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Exert from West end 1986's musical production

                      TIME.

Narrated by Laurence Olivier

 

 

 

Stand before me on the sign of infinity,

all you of the earth.

With the granting of the law of provination

comes the application of change.I will give you the key.

And with this knowledge, please realise,

comes the responsibility of sharing it.

I will show you the way.

It's very simple.

 

Throughout the universe

there is order.

In the movement of the planets, in nature

and in the functioning of the human mind.

A mind that is in its natural state of order,

is in harmony with the universe

and such a mind is timeless.

 

 

Your life is an expression of your mind.

You are the creator of your own Universe -

For as a human being, you are free to will whatever

state of being you desire through the use of your

thoughts and words.

 

There is great power there.

It can be a blessing or a curse -

It's entirely up to you.

 

For the quality of your life is brought about

by the quality of your thinking -

think about that.

 

Thoughts produce actions -

look at what you're thinking.

See the pettiness and the envy and the greed and the

fear and all the other attitudes that causes

you pain and discomfort.

 

Realize that the one thing you have absolute

control over is your attitude.

See the effect that it has on those around you.

For each life is linked to all life

and your words carry with them chain reactions

like a stone that is thrown into a pond.

 

If your thinking is in order,

your words will flow directly from the heart

creating ripples of love

 

.If you truly want to change your world, my friends,

you must change your thinking.

 

Reason is your greatest tool,

it creates an atmosphere of understanding,

which leads to caring which is love.

Choose your words with care.

 

Go forth ... with love

 

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I see them ’round the front way, yeah

And I know and I know I don’t wanna stay

Make me cry [...]

 

Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter (1992): Music & Lyrics

 

 

Songfacts

 

The guitar part of this song is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix Little Wing. Mike McCready used the similar intro riff. One of my favorite solos and songs of all time. Along with Pearl Jam’s Alive. The lyrics are open to interpretation. But  I think they speak of loneliness and alienation in the modern world. Within a larger, anti-war context.

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"Inside Out" - Alphaville

 

                               

 

 

Beautiful song, abcd