Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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"Touch a Hand

(Make a Friend)"

 

The Staple Singers

 

Oak Ridge Boys

Can't you feel it in your bones

A change is coming on

From every walk of life

People are seeing the light

 

Can't you feel it in your heart now

A new thing is taking shape

Reach out, touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

 

Hey, what about you, my friend

Anytime you come on in

And live the united way

Why don't you join us today

 

Reach out and touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

Reach out and touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

 

It's been reflecting in the attitudes

Of others just like you

Reach out and touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

 

Every day folk are waking up

To the need for one another

We're on our way

Making the world a better place

 

Can't you feel it in your heart now

A new thing is taking shape

Reach out, touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

 

Reach out, touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

Reach out, touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

 

Reach out and touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

Reach out and touch a hand

Make a friend if you can

 

 

   

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"You" - The Carpenters

https://youtu.be/t64hcFu4T0M

 

 

You are the one who makes me happy

When everything else turns to grey

Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings

And sends me out into the day

 

You are the crowd that sits quiet

Listening to me

And all the mad sense that i make

 

You are one of the few things

Worth remembering

And since it's all true

How could anyone mean more to me

Than you

 

Sorry if sometimes I look past you

There's no one beyond your eyes

Inside my head the wheels are turning

Hey, sometimes I'm not so wise

 

You are my heart and my soul

My inspiration

Just like the old love song goes

 

You are one of the few things

Worth remembering

And since it's all true

How could anyone mean more to me

Than you

 

You are my heart and my soul

My inspiration

Just like the old love song goes

 

You are one of the few things

Worth remembering

And since it's all true

How could anyone mean more to me

Than you

 

 

                   

[[Sa...]]

             

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” Carry On Wayward Son”

Kansas

 

 

"Carry On Wayward Son"

 

Carry on my wayward son

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Don't you cry no more

 

 

Once I rose above the noise and confusion

Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion

I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high

 

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man

Though my mind could think I still was a mad man

I hear the voices when I'm dreaming,

I can hear them say

 

Carry on my wayward son,

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Don't you cry no more

 

Masquerading as a man with a reason

My charade is the event of the season

And if I claim to be a wise man,

Well, it surely means that I don't know

 

On a stormy sea of moving emotion

Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean

I set a course for winds of fortune,

But I hear the voices say

 

Carry on my wayward son

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Don't you cry no more no!

 

Carry on,

You will always remember

Carry on,

Nothing equals the splendor

Now your life's no longer empty

Surely heaven waits for you

 

Carry on my wayward son

There'll be peace when you are done

Lay your weary head to rest

Don't you cry,

Don't you cry no more.

 

 

 

 

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” All Cats Are Grey”

The Cure

 

 

"All Cats Are Grey"

 

I never thought that I would find myself

In bed amongst the stones

The columns are all men

Begging to crush me

No shapes sail on the dark deep lakes

And no flags wave me home

 

In the caves

All cats are grey

In the caves

The textures coat my skin

In the death cell

A single note

Rings on and on and on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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” ( Don’t Fear) The Reaper”

Blue Oyster Cult

 

 

"(Don't Fear) The Reaper"

 

All our times have come

Here but now they're gone

Seasons don't fear the reaper

Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain... we can be like they are

Come on baby... don't fear the reaper

Baby take my hand... don't fear the reaper

We'll be able to fly... don't fear the reaper

Baby I'm your man...

 

La la la la la

La la la la la

 

Valentine is done

Here but now they're gone

Romeo and Juliet

Are together in eternity... Romeo and Juliet

40,000 men and women everyday... Like Romeo and Juliet

40,000 men and women everyday... Redefine happiness

Another 40,000 coming everyday... We can be like they are

Come on baby... don't fear the reaper

Baby take my hand... don't fear the reaper

We'll be able to fly... don't fear the reaper

Baby I'm your man...

 

La la la la la

La la la la la

 

Love of two is one

Here but now they're gone

Came the last night of sadness

And it was clear she couldn't go on

Then the door was open and the wind appeared

The candles blew and then disappeared

The curtains flew and then he appeared... saying don't be afraid

Come on baby... and she had no fear

And she ran to him... then they started to fly

They looked backward and said goodbye... she had become like they are

She had taken his hand... she had become like they are

Come on baby... don't fear the reaper

 

 

 

 

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” Nothing Else Matters”

Metallica 

 

 

"Nothing Else Matters"

 

So close no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

And nothing else matters

 

Never opened myself this way

Life is ours, we live it our way

All these words I don't just say

And nothing else matters

 

Trust I seek and I find in you

Every day for us something new

Open mind for a different view

And nothing else matters

 

Never cared for what they do

Never cared for what they know

But I know

 

So close no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

And nothing else matters

 

Never cared for what they do

Never cared for what they know

But I know

 

I never opened myself this way

Life is ours, we live it our way

All these words I don't just say

And nothing else matters

 

Trust I seek and I find in you

Every day for us something new

Open mind for a different view

And nothing else matters

 

Never cared for what they say

Never cared for games they play

Never cared for what they do

Never cared for what they know

And I know

 

So close no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

No nothing else matters

 

 

❤️❤️❤️

 

 

 

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” Ten Years Gone”

Led Zeppelin

 

 

"Ten Years Gone"

 

Then as it was, then again it will be

And though the course may change sometimes

Rivers always reach the sea

 

Blind stars of fortune, each have several rays

On the wings of maybe, downy birds of prey

Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow

But as the eagle leaves the nest, got so far to go

 

Changes fill my time, baby, that's alright with me

In the midst I think of you, and how it used to be

 

Did you ever really need somebody

And really need 'em bad?

Did you ever really want somebody

The best love you ever had?

 

Do you ever remember me, baby,

Did it feel so good?

'Cause it was just the first time,

And you knew you would

 

Dewy eyes now sparkle, senses growing keen

Taste your love along the way, see your feathers preen

Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow

We are eagles of one nest, the nest is in our soul

 

Vixen in my dreams, with great surprise to me

I never thought I'd see your face the way it used to be

Oh, darlin', oh, darlin'

Oh, darlin', oh, darlin'

 

I'm never gonna leave you.

I'm never gonna leave

Holdin' on,

Ten years gone

Holdin' on,

Ten years gone,

Ten years gone,

Holdin' on,

Ten years gone

I'm never

I'm never

I'm never

 

❤️❤️❤️

 

 

 

 

 

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”Cold Cold Ground”

Tom Waits

 

https://youtu.be/JmrGImjmUZk

 

"Cold Cold Ground"

 

Crest fallen sidekick in an old cafe

Never slept with a dream before he had to go away

There's a bell in the tower Uncle Ray bought a round

Don't worry about the army in the cold cold ground

Cold cold ground, cold cold ground, cold cold ground

 

Now don't be a cry baby when there's wood in the shed

There's a bird in the chimney and a stone in my bed

When the road's washed out they pass the bottle around

And wait in the arms of the cold cold ground

The cold cold ground, the cold cold ground, cold cold ground

 

There's a ribbon in the willow there's a tire swing rope

And a briar patch of berries takin' over the slope

The cat'll sleep in the mailbox and we'll never go to town

Til we bury every dream in the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

 

Gimme a Winchester rifle and a whole box of shells

Blow the roof off the goat barn let it roll down the hill

The piano is firewood, times square is a dream

I find we'll lay down together in the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

 

Call the cops on the Breed loves, bring a bible and a rope

And a whole box of rebel and a bar of soap

Make a pile of trunk tires and burn 'em all down

Bring a dollar with you baby in the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

 

Take a weather vane rooster throw rocks at his head

Stop talking to the neighbors til we all go dead

Beware of my temper and the dog that I've found

Break all the windows in the cold cold ground

 

In the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

In the cold cold ground, in the cold cold ground

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”Cold Cold Ground”

Tom Waits

 

https://youtu.be/JmrGImjmUZk

 

Haunting.  Thanks, seltz.

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” Nothing Else Matters”

Metallica 

 

 

So close no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

And nothing else matters

 

❤️❤️❤️

 

 

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” Ten Years Gone”

Led Zeppelin

 

 

Then as it was, then again it will be

And though the course may change sometimes

Rivers always reach the sea

 

❤️❤️❤️

 

 

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"Lonesome Highway" - Rory Gallagher

https://youtu.be/1fxDPrf1b2M

 

Well, its a winding highway

That never seems to end

Well, we all must travel

We'll not pass this way again

 

Are you going my way

Well, won't you lend a hand

Well, it sounds like thunder

But it could be a hurricane

 

Looks like chain lightning

But it's just my blues again

Sure don't look inviting

When you see those clouds of rain

 

I wish it were the morning

Cause the night feels, oh, so long

With the windswept skyway

It don't look good, my friend

 

Tomorrow might be my day

Who knows which way the wheel might turn

 

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"Fit To Fly" - Cher

https://youtu.be/1ORtf_xgqL8

 

Oh, brother, man where are you

I am buckling from the load

I have lost my eye for color

And my heart can't see the road

 

Oh, sister, come and catch me

Cause my legs, their prime has past

I am breaking from the sorrow

And my faith is fading fast

 

Mother, father, help me

I'm your flesh and blood and bone

Don't you hear me, can't you see me

Am I doomed to live alone

 

Without warmth or love or honor

Like a dog out on the street

Am I trash cause I can't manage

Must I grovel at your feet

 

I'm the boy who fought your battles

And I'm the man who won your wars

Is it over, have you used me

I'm no value anymore

 

I'm your mothers, wives, and daughters

I'm your fathers, husbands, sons

I'm the life's blood of this country

I'm the hopeful precious ones

 

Am I nothing

Am I no one

Once a fabric

Now a rag

We treat people like they're nothing

We're not fit to fly

Fit to fly

No, no, no

No, no, no

 

We're not fit to fly

Fit to fly the flag

No, no, no

Join the army, see the world

The Marine Corps, join the Navy

We're not fit to fly

Fit to fly the flag

 

 

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"Candle Song" - Ugly Kid Joe

 

Pray by the candle

And I hope to see light

Wait for the moment

But it's never right

 

So now I'm sailing

On the oceans so wide

I'm all alone

Me and my day dreams and I

 

Pray by the candle

And I hope to see light

Wait for the moment

But it's never right

 

So I'm the captain

My ship's got a hole in the side

I'm all alone

Me and my daydreams at night

 

Can you see me

Walking through the trees

Can you hear me

Laughing in the breeze

(x2)

 

Pray by the candle

And I hope to see light

Wait for the moment

But it's never right

 

Across the water

I watch my ship wave goodbye

I'm all alone

Me and my daydreams at night

 

:'(

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"Not As We" - Alanis Morissette

 

Reborn and shivering

Spat out on new terrain

Unsure, unconvincing

This faint and shaky hour

 

Day one, day one

Start over again

Step one, step one

I'm barely making sense for now

I'm faking it

Till I'm pseudo making it

From scratch begin again

But this time I as I

And not as we

 

Gun shy and quivering

Timid without a hand

Feign brave with steel intent

Little and hardly here

 

Day one, day one

Start over again

Step one, step one

With not much making sense just yet

I'm faking it

Till I'm pseudo making it

From scratch begin again

But this time I as I

And not as we

 

Eyes wet toward

Wide open frayed

If God's taking bets

I pray He wants to lose

 

Day one, day one

Start over again

Step one, step one

I'm barely making sense just yet

I'm faking it

Till I'm pseudo making it

From scratch begin again

But this time I as I

And not as we

 

   

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"I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz

 

 

When I look into your eyes

It's like watching the night sky

Or a beautiful sunrise

Well, there's so much they hold

 

And just like them old stars

I see that you've come so far

To be right where you are

How old is your soul

 

Well, I won't give up on us

Even if the skies get rough

I'm giving you all my love

I'm still looking up

 

And when you're needing your space

To do some navigating

I'll be here patiently waiting

To see what you find

 

Cause even the stars they burn

Some even fall to the earth

We've got a lot to learn

God knows we're worth it

No, I won't give up

 

I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily

I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make

Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use

The tools and gifts we got, yeah, we got a lot at stake

 

And in the end, you're still my friend

At least we did intend for us to work

We didn't break, we didn't burn

We had to learn how to bend

Without the world caving in

I had to learn what I've got

And what I'm not, and who I am

 

I won't give up on us

Even if the skies get rough

I'm giving you all my love

I'm still looking up, I'm still looking up

 

Well, I won't give up on us

God knows I'm tough enough

We've got a lot to learn

God knows we're worth it

 

I won't give up on us

Even if the skies get rough

I'm giving you all my love

I'm still looking up

 

 

:smitten:                     :smitten:

[[Sa...]]

 

 

      :-*       

[[La...]]

Love that Jason Mraz song so much, abcd!

 

Here's 73-year-old Van Morrison, LIVE, from a few weeks ago, performing "Into The Mystic". His awesome voice stills holds its power to move me. Gorgeous! I've loved his music for years and years

 

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And here's the sweet and soulful "Darling Be Home Soon", by The Loving Spoonful:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9afV7h-XkU 

 

 

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Love that Jason Mraz song so much, abcd!

 

Here's 73-year-old Van Morrison, LIVE, from a few weeks ago, performing "Into The Mystic". His awesome voice stills holds its power to move me. Gorgeous! I've loved his music for years and years

 

 

Wow!  Amazing!  Thanks, Lapsy. 

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"Blackbirds" - Linkin Park

 

I shiver and shake

The warm air cold

I'm alone on my own

In every mistake I dig this hole

Through my skin and bones

It's harder starting over

Than never to have changed

 

[CHORUS:]

With blackbirds following me

I'm digging out my grave

They close in, swallowing me

The pain, it comes in waves

I'm getting back what I gave

 

I sweat through the sheet

As daylight fades

As I waste away

It traps me inside mistakes I've made

That's the price I pay

It's harder starting over

Than never to have changed

 

[CHORUS]

 

I drop to the floor

Like I did before

Stop watching

I'm coughing

I can't be more

What I want

And what I need

Are at constant war

Like a well full of poison

A rotten core

The blood goes thin

The fever stings

And I shake from the hell

That the habits bring

Lay the sick ones down

The bells will ring

Put pennies on the eyes

Let the dead men sing

 

Blackbirds following me

I'm digging out my grave

They close in, swallowing me

The pain, it comes in waves

I'm getting back what I gave

 

I'm getting back what I gave

I'm getting back what I gave

 

 

 

http://www.mm58.us/images/kitchen-background-10-printwallart-flying-birds-2364x1256.jpg

 

 

 

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"Fear" - OneRepublic

 

No sleep today

Can't even rest when the sun's down

No time

There's not enough

And nobody's watching me now

 

When we were children we'd play

Out in the streets just tempting fate

When we were children we'd say

That we don't know the meaning of

Fear, fear, fear

Fear, fear, fear

We don't know the meaning of

(x2)

 

Fear, fear, fear

Fear, fear, fear

 

Wish I

Didn't know the meaning of

 

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"Candles" - Beth Orton

 

She’ll blow them stars out just like candles

She’ll conduct the clouds to move at certain angles

Won’t let the struggle get you down, down, down

Don’t let them horses pull you over ground

 

You're never far from the morning light

It will get to you if you just hold tight

Until the morning light

 

Bone, you’ve been cold

Right through to the bone, bone, bone

It’s always safe and warm back home

 

Sun don’t shine but it is there

Don’t see the wind but it moves your hair

Morning comes, what’s done is done,

You've just found another way to cry

(x2)

 

I’ll blow that moon out just like a candle

I’ll conduct the spheres to move at certain angles

I heard if you forget yourself

That’s when you meet yourself

 

Won’t let the struggle

Bring me down, down, down

Won’t let it force me underground

 

Sun don’t shine but it is there

Don’t see the wind but it moves my hair

Morning comes, what’s done is done

I've just found another way to cry

To cry, to cry

 

 

 

 

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"Rainbows" - Ruthie Foster

 

Some say the rainbow's a vision

That speaks the untrue

Do you

 

And some say that rainbow believing

Will only make you blue

Wonder who

 

Yes, I've met the unbelievers

Who turned their backs to the miracles

But the glory and the fame

They'll take it all or they'll fall

 

I believe somewhere there's a rainbow

Upon a special place at a special time

Beyond golden pond

And I believe

Someday I'll find the other side

Yes, I believe

Somewhere there's a rainbow

 

Some say that rainbows

Could never ever mend a lonely heart

Mend a lonely heart

 

And some say that rainbows

Would only make a bad memory start

A bad memory start

 

People waste their time finding answers

Though it's so very simple

Here and there the answers come

Till they're back where they started from

 

I believe somewhere there's a rainbow

Upon a special place at a special time

Beyond golden pond

And I believe

Someday I'll find the other side

Yes, I believe

Somewhere there's a rainbow

(x2)

 

 

:smitten:

 

 

 

 

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"Next To Me" - Imagine Dragons

 

 

Something about the way

That you walk into my living room

Casually and confident

Looking at the mess I am

But still you

Still you want me

 

Stress lines and cigarettes

Politics and deficits

Late bills and overages

Screaming and hollering

But still you

Still you want me

 

[CHORUS:]

Oh, I always let you down

You're shattered on the ground

But still I find you there

Next to me

And, oh, stupid things I do

I'm far from good it's true

But still I find you

Next to me

 

There's something about the way

That you always see the pretty view

Overlook the bloody mess

Always looking effortless

And still you

Still you want me

 

I got no innocence

Faith ain't no privilege

I am a deck of cards

Vice or a game of hearts

And still you

Still you want me

 

[CHORUS]

 

So thank you

For taking a chance on me

I know it isn't easy

But I hope to be worth it

(x2)

 

Oh, I always let you down

You're shattered on the ground

But still I find you there

Next to me

And, oh, stupid things I do

I'm far from good it's true

But still I find you

Next to me