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November 4, 2017

"OH MY VERTIGO" by K. Kuspa

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

Fantastic! I love it!

Lol, I thought you would, Lap.

Exert from West end 1986's musical production
TIME.
Narrated by Laurence Olivier

Awesome, merrysage, would've loved to have seen that production, have you seen it? Thanks for sharing.

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.

Yes, interesting lyrics, Estee, I had to pull them up cos I couldn't understand a word he was singing.

-) "The reason they named the song this is because the lyrics are indistinguishable just like the tongue twister."

-) "The song has changed its meaning over time and Eddie changes the words to suit whatever is on his mind."

:smitten:

November 4, 2017

"Perfume River" - Fish

There were no sirens, I heard no alarms

This situation has somehow got completely out of hand

It’s no illusion, it’s not a dream

My eyes are open and all is as appears

It’s a perfect nightmare

In an imperfect world

I missed the wake up, slept through the dawn

The world’s a stage but I’ve declared the curtains drawn

Behind the fourth wall, behind the scenes

A discarded fading flower on the soporific sensual Perfume River

The perfect nightmare

Escape the perfect nightmare

Dream the perfect world

I close my mind in soft surrender

In quiet resignation take the lies

I lock the door, I lock the door

I junk the mail, I never open letters

Program numbers that I know I’ll never call

Collect addresses of friends who’ll soon be strangers

Message pending, I know just what it says

Should I accept another lie

I swallow all the lies

I live the lie

There are places that I know that I will never see

And some I wish I’d never seen before

The horror stalks my vision and the cries ring in my ears

I am helpless, I'm not brave, I'm alone

I wander the dark alleys of the citadel

The empty shops and burnt-out houses mark my way

And the bullet holes in stuccoed walls are testimony

To the voices disappeared within the fear

Take me away to the Perfume River

Carry me down to the Perfume River

Set me adrift on a well-stocked open boat

Show me the way to the Perfume River

Sail away down the Perfume River

Pour that sweet, sweet liquor down my throat

Fire breathing dragons swarm in sweltering skies

Spewing flame on the innocents below

Charred and brittle corpses, blackened evidence

I am enraged, I'm afraid, I'm forlorn

The ashes of wise pages fly from libraries

Tumble in the clouds of smoke and flies

To lie as dust in corners of dark palaces

The fetid smell of revolution haunts the air

Take me away down the Perfume River

Carry me down to the Perfume River

Set me adrift on a well-stocked open boat

Show me the way to the Perfume River

Send me away down the Perfume River

Pour that sweet, sweet liquor down my throat

Pour it down my throat

Sweet, sweet Perfume River

Carry me down to the Perfume River

Hold me down in the Perfume River

Where I’ll drown my sorrows and I’ll die in hope

Push me away down the Perfume River

To the swirls and eddies of the Perfume River

In these dark and muddy waters let me float

The truth I don’t want to know

November 4, 2017

Graeme Connors - The Road Less Travelled (Original music video)

https://youtu.be/j7XDAfD6E8o

In a world that grows, more confused each day,

The temptation gets stronger, for an easy way,

To cut that corner, play the lottery,

Then it moves a little, where no one can see,

But it gets us nowhere, 'cause the truth within,

Says it's not the being there, but the journey that matters in the end

So take the road less traveled,

Take the long way round,

Let your life unravel, as you cover that ground

Ride high in the saddle, face the world alone,

Take the road less traveled, and find your own way home

With the time we are given, and all we wanna do,

Occasionally a little fear may creep up on you,

And those voices whisper, in the back of your head,

Why try so hard, give up instead,

But it gets us nowhere, because the heart still knows,

If our lives are to have any meaning, there's only one way to go,

Take the road less traveled,

Take the long way round,

Let your life unravel, as you cover that ground

Ride high in the saddle, face the world alone,

Take the road less traveled, and find your own way home

Take the road less traveled,

Take the long way round,

Let your life unravel, as you cover that ground

Ride high in the saddle, face the world alone,

Take the road less traveled, and find your own way home

Take the long way round,

Let your life unravel, as you cover that ground

Ride high in the saddle, face the world alone,

Take the road less traveled, and find your own way home

Take the road less traveled,

find your own way home

November 4, 2017

"Out To Sea" - Lera Lynn

Take me to the land's divide

Let the waters rush out to tide

Well, this is all a dream

And I'll let it all go

Tell me how I should decide

The face of a man who will drive this ride

In fear of all man-made

Let it all go

[CHORUS:]

I wish I may, I wish I might

Ride this wave till morning light

Drop me off at the shore

Lay my head down

They say life's more than what we see

And surely in death that too will be

Just give me one chance more

To lay my head down

The rope's so short and the jump's so high

And falling sounds like a lullaby

The weight of all I know

Let it all go

The fragile line on which we dance

The thread of life left up to chance

The day you'll never know

Let it all go

[CHORUS]

And if they push me out to sea

Darling, won't you remember me

Oh, oh, oh

The rope's so short and the jump's so high

And falling sounds like a lullaby

The rope's so short and the jump's so high

And falling sounds like a lullaby

They say life's more than what we see

And surely in death that too will be

They say life's more than what we see

And surely in death that too will be

November 4, 2017

Graeme Connors - A Little Further North

and this is Australian scenery too

The sun sinks behind me in the west

This is the time of day I love best

Salt breezes murmur through the coconut palms

As the colors change, they set a scene of tropical

Seagulls heading back to land

Over the mangroves and salt pans

By a lazy creek with a six pack

And a fishing line

Win back some memories

Losing track of time