Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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"Hide Away" - Mick Jagger

 

Hide Away

Hide Away

 

Make sure that I never come back

Gonna disappear and I never come back

Gonna make sure that I never come back

Gonna make sure

 

I'm gonna pack up all my bags

Vanish while I can

Leave this town behind

Pay it all no mind

I'm gonna fly away

And no one's gonna find me

 

Keep my destination quiet

Take an early morning flight

And never tell a soul

Just light out on my own

I'm gonna fly away

And no one's gonna find me

 

I'm gonna wear some fake disguise

Change the color of my eyes

I'm gonna hide away

Yes, and you're gonna be surprised

I'll be wise before my time

I'm gonna hide away

 

Make sure that I never come back

Gonna disappear and I never come back

Gonna make sure that I never come back

Gonna disappear

 

I'm gonna rent a small hotel

Throw away my cell

Cut off all my hair

Sweep away my cares

I'm gonna fly away

And no one's gonna find me

 

I'm out of everybody's reach

Out on some twisted beach

I'm gonna hide away

Dissolve right out of this scene

Out of everybody's dreams

I'm gonna hide away

Hide away

 

Make sure that I never come back

Gonna disappear and I never come back

Gonna make sure that I never come back

Gonna disappear and I never come bac

 

Hide away

Hide away, Baby

Hide away

 

I'm never gonna come back again

I'll never come back

Oh, no, no, no, no

 

I'll never come back

Make sure that I never come back

Make sure that I never come back

Make sure that I never come back

Never, never, never, come back

And you'll never, never, never

See me no more

No, no, no, no, no

I'll never, never come back again

 

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"Things Behind the Sun" - Nick Drake

 

Please beware of them that stare

They'll only smile

To see you whiling your time away

And once you've seen what they have been

To win the earth

Just won't seem worth a night or a day

Will you hear what I say

 

Look around you'll find the ground

Is not so far from where you are

But don't be too wise

For down below they never grow

They're always tired

And charms are hired from out of their eyes

Never a surprise

 

Take your time and you'll be fine

And say a prayer for people there

Who live on the floor

And if you see what's meant to be

Don't name the day

Or try to say it happened before

 

Don't be shy, you'll learn to fly

And see the sun when day is done

Finally you see just what you are

Beneath a star that came to stay

One rainy day in autumn for free

Yes, you'll be what you'll be

 

Please beware of them that stare

They'll only smile

To see you while your time away

And once you've seen what they have been

To win the earth

Just won't seem worth a night or a day

Will you hear what I say

 

Open up the broken cup

Let goodly sin and sunshine in

Yes, that's today

And open wide the hymns you hide

You'll find renown while people frown

At things that you say

But say what you'll say

 

About the farmers and the fun

And the things behind the sun

And the people around your head

Who say everything's been said

And the movement in your brain

Sends you out into the rain

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"Sleepsong" - Secret Garden

 

Lay down your head

And I'll sing you a lullaby

Back to the years

Of loo-li-lai-lay

 

And I'll sing you to sleep

And I'll sing you tomorrow

Bless you with love

For the road that you go

 

May you sail fair

To the far fields of fortune

With diamonds and pearls

At your head and your feet

 

And may you need never

To banish misfortune

May you find kindness

In all that you meet

 

May there always be angels

To watch over you

To guide you

Each step of the way

To guard you and keep you

Safe from all harm

Loo-li-loo-li-lai-lay

 

May you bring love

And may you bring happiness

Be loved in return

To the end of your days

 

Now fall off to sleep

I'm not meaning to keep you

I'll just sit for a while

And sing loo-li-lai-lay

 

May there always be angels

To watch over you

To guide you

Each step of the way

To guard you and keep you

Safe from all harm

Loo-li-loo-li-lai-lay

Loo-li-loo-li-lai-lay

 

 

:smitten:

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"Holding On" - Johnny Stimson

https://youtu.be/rVN0I80RQ7o

 

 

Every move that I make

Every inch I’ve grown

In my heart, in my soul

You’re in my bones

 

Wanna feel

Wanna feel everything you do

Cause at the end of the day

All I need is you

 

So I keep holding on

When the world is falling

Holding on

When the light is calling

Holding on

When forever rolls on through

I’ll be holding on to you

 

Turn around take it back to yesterday

Now I know everything that I need to say

You’re the words on my lips and the melody

You’re the key to the door that will set me free

 

So I keep holding on

When the world is falling

Holding on

When the light is calling

Holding on

When forever rolls on through

I’ll be holding on to you

(X2)

 

   

[[Sa...]]

      :-*       

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"Tomorrow" - Armon Jay

 

I'd be a fool if I believed

That all the worries that I have

Could actually happen to me

But right now the truth is hard to see

 

When I'm wide awake at three a.m.

Staring at the ceiling

Praying to God that I'll just forget it all

In the morning, in the morning

 

But I can hear a playback

Of all the fears I've fabricated

And there's a heavy weight

That's hanging over my head

 

[CHORUS:]

But even if the roof

Starts caving in on me tonight

I will hold onto the stars in the sky

When tomorrow comes it'll all be alright

 

And I've dodged the bullets in my sleep

Fell over my head breaking out in a fever

Of a hundred and three

But even now I still can feel the heat

And when it burns I just twist and turn

Kicking off the bed sheets

 

I brush the ashes out of my hair

Like it never bothered me

The shot in the dark that lit the spark

To all my bad dreams, all my bad dreams

 

[CHORUS]

 

And when the last grain of sand

Falls to the bottom of the hourglass in my hands

I'll drop the chains that kept me there

Turn back the clocks and catch the hours that I missed

And wipe the tears out of my eyes

And go back to bed, go back to bed

 

Cause even if the roof

Starts caving in on me tonight

I will hold onto the stars in the sky

When tomorrow comes it'll all be alright

 

:'(

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"Houses" - Judy Collins

 

You have many houses, one for every season

Mountains in your windows, violets in your hands

Through your English meadows your blue-eyed horses wander

You're in Colorado for the Spring

 

When the Winter finds you, you fly to where it's summer

Rooms that face the ocean, moonlight on your bed

Mermaids swift as dolphins paint the air with diamonds

You are like a seagull as you said

 

Why do you fly bright feathered sometimes in my dreams

The shadows of your wings fall over my face

I can feel no air, I can find no peace

Brides in black ribbons, witches in white

Fly in through the windows, fly out through the night

 

Why do I think I'm dying sometimes in my dreams

I see myself a child running through the trees

Looking everywhere crawling on my knees

Searching for myself, searching for my life

I cannot see the leaves, I cannot see the light

 

Then I see you walking just beyond the forest

Walking very quickly, walking by yourself

Your shoes are silver, your coat is made of velvet

Your eyes are shining, your voice is sweet and clear

 

"Come on" you say "Come with me, I'm going to the castle"

All the bells are ringing, the weddings have begun

But I can only stand here, I cannot move to follow

I'm burning in the shadows and freezing in the sun

 

There are people with you living in your houses

People from your childhood who remember how you were

You were always flying, nightingale of sorrow

Singing bird with rainbows on your wings

 

 

 

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"The Moon and the Stars"

John Mark Nelson

 

Now I must go

To a place I do not know

Where the moon has lost its glow

And the stars don’t shine no more

 

Safe from the cold

It’s the place where I’ll grow old

I’m alone inside this hopeless misery

I’m alone until you set this spirit free

 

Free like the wind above the trees

And the waves that crash in the sea

I’ll return one day

With the light upon my face

And the moon and stars will all sing to me

 

You led me here

As you kept my body near

And I followed you for fear

That you’d vanish right before my very eyes

 

Silence and cold

And despite what I was told

I’m alone inside this hopeless misery

I’m alone until you set this spirit free

 

Free like the wind above the trees

And the waves that crash in the sea

I’ll return one day

With the light upon my face

And the moon and stars will all sing to me

(x2)

 

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"Brave" - Jamie O'Neal

 

I've been down

About as low as anyone can get

The whole world was closing in

Couldn't find a friend

 

No one else could help me

I had to walk through the fire alone

Life has brought me to my knees

And faith has led me home

 

[CHORUS:]

Let the storm rage around me

I will stand, I will fight

And when the darkness surrounds me

I will make my own light

I may not win every battle

But I'll get stronger with every fear I face

And I'll be brave

 

I can be courageous

And still be so afraid

I've discovered pain

Is the beginning to a change

 

Somewhere deep inside us

There's a strength we don't know we have

Just when you think you can't go on

Suddenly there's a path

 

[CHORUS]

 

Every time I get back up

It gets harder to knock me down

Cause my soul's on steady ground

 

Let the storm rage around me

I will stand, I will fight

And when the darkness surrounds me

I will make my own light

I may not win every battle

But I'll get stronger with every fear I face

And I'll be brave

 

I'll be brave

 

 

                   

 

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"Carry You" - David Cook

 

 

This lightning’s gonna strike

Right through this heart of mine again, again

Cause this rain ain’t gonna stop

And we’re feeling every drop

As they keep on dancing on our heads

 

But you gotta hold on

You gotta be strong

Right here with me if it all goes wrong

To keep you from harm

Away in my arms

Steer you away from the storm

 

When the sun won’t come around

And your world keeps washing out

I won’t let this love fall down

I’ll carry you, I’ll carry you

 

So let’s run toward waiting lights

Cause I know there’s better skies ahead, ahead

Sand through an hourglass

This flood is gonna pass

And we’ll still be standing hand in hand

 

Oh you gotta hold on

You gotta be strong

Right here with me if it all goes wrong

To keep you from harm

Away in my arms

Steer you away from the storm

 

When the sun won’t come around

And your world keeps washing out

I won’t let this love fall down

I’ll carry you, I’ll carry you

(x3)

 

 

                     

[[Sa...]]

 

 

Beautiful mbb        :-*     

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"Tears of the Dragon" -  Bruce Dickinson

https://youtu.be/nzwV9cW1aaI

 

For too long now

There were secrets in my mind

For too long now

There were things I should have said

 

In the darkness

I was stumbling for the door

To find a reason

To find the time, the place, the hour

 

Waiting for the winter sun

In the cold light of day

The misty ghosts of childhood fears

The pressure is building

And I can't stay away

 

[CHORUS:]

I throw myself into the sea

Release the wave

Let it wash over me

To face the fear I once believed

The tears of the dragon

For you and for me

 

Where I was

I had wings that couldn't fly

Where I was

I had tears I couldn't cry

 

My emotions

Frozen in an icy lake

I couldn't feel them

Until the ice began to break

 

I have no power over this

You know I'm afraid

The walls I built are crumbling away

The water is moving, I'm slipping away

 

[CHORUS]

 

Slowly I awake

Slowly I rise

The walls I built are crumbling away

The water is moving, I'm slipping away

 

I throw myself into the sea

Release the wave

Let it wash over me

To face the fear I once believed

The tears of the dragon

For you and for me

(x2)

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"Maybe Sparrow" - Neko Case

 

Maybe, sparrow, you should wait

The hawks alight till morning

You'll never pass beyond the gate

If you don't hear my warning

 

Notes are hung so effortless

With the rise and fall of a sparrow's breast

It's a drowning dive and back to the chorus

La de da de da de dum

La de da de da de dum

 

Oh, my sparrow, it's too late

Your body, limp beneath my feet

Your dusty eyes as cold as clay

You didn't hear my warning

You didn't hear my warning

 

Maybe sparrow, it's too late

The moonlight glanced off metal wings

In a thunderstorm above the clouds

The engine hums a sparrow's phrase

 

For those who cannot hear the words

For those who cannot hear the words

Those who will not hear the words

La de da de da de da

La de da de da de da

 

Maybe sparrow

Maybe sparrow

Maybe sparrow

 

 

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"Sailing Ships" - Whitesnake

 

Do you remember standing on the shore

Your head in the clouds

Your pockets filled with dreams

Bound for glory

On the seven seas of life

But the ocean is deeper than it seems

 

The wind was with you

When you left on the morning tide

You set your sail for an island in the sun

On the horizon

Dark clouds up ahead

For the storm has just begun

 

Take me with you

Take me far away

Lead me to the distant shore

 

Sail your ship across the water

Spread your wings across the sky

Take the time to see

You're the one who holds the key

Or sailing ships will pass you by

 

You cry for mercy

When you think you've lost your way

You drift alone if all your hope is gone

So find the strength and you will see

That you control your destiny

After all is said and done

 

So take me with you

Take me far away

And lead me to the distant shore

 

Sail your ship across the water

Spread your wings across the sky

Take the time to see

You're the one who holds the key

Or sailing ships will pass

Sailing ships will pass you

Sailing ships will pass you by

 

Take me with you

Take me far away

We'll ride the wind across the sky

Spread your wings and you will see

You control your destiny

So sailing ships don't pass you by

Take me with you

Take me far away

We'll ride the wind across the sky

Spread your wings and you will see

You control your destiny

So sailing ships don't pass

Sailing ships don't pass you

Sailing  ships don't pass you by

 

Baby, baby, baby, baby

You'll find that you're the only one

Can sail your ship across the sky

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"Sorrow" - Sleeping At Last

 

It feels like falling

It feels like rain

Like losing my balance

Again and again

 

It once was so easy

Breathe in, breathe out

But at the foot of this mountain

I only see clouds

 

I feel out of focus

Or at least indisposed

As this strange weather pattern

Inside me takes hold

 

Each brave step forward

I take three steps behind

It's mind over matter

Matter over mind

 

Slowly

Then all at once

A single loose thread

And it all comes undone

 

Where there is light

A shadow appears

The cause and effect

When life interferes

 

The same rule applies

To goodness and grief

For in our great sorrow

We learn what joy means

 

I don't want to fight

I don't want to fight

I don't want to fight

This pendulum finds equilibrium

 

Slowly

Then all at once

The dark clouds depart

And the damage is done

 

So pardon the dust

While this all settles in

But it's through the broken heart

Transformation begins

 

 

   

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"Looking Out" - Brandi Carlile

 

 

I went out looking for the answers

And never left my town

I'm no good at understanding

But I'm good at standing ground

 

And when I asked a corner preacher

I couldn't hear him for my youth

Some people get religion

Some people get the truth

I never get the truth

I never get the truth

 

[CHORUS:]

I know the darkness pulls on you

But it's just a point of view

When you're outside looking in

You belong to someone

And when you feel like giving in

Or the coming of the end

Like your heart could break in two

Someone loves you

 

I laid a suitcase on my chest

So I can feel somebody's weight

And I laid you to rest

Just to feel the give and take

 

I've got a new interpretation

And it's a better point of view

While you were looking for a landslide

I was looking out for you

I was looking out for you

Someone's looking out for you

 

[CHORUS]

 

I am afraid of crossing lines

I am afraid of flying blind

Afraid of inquiring minds

Afraid of being left behind

 

I close my eyes I think of you

I take a step I think of you

I catch my breath I think of you

I cannot rest I think of you

 

My one and only wrecking ball

And you're crashing through my walls

When you're outside looking in

You belong to someone

And when you feel like giving in

Or the coming of the end

Like your heart could break in two

Someone loves you

 

                   

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Maggie Reilly - Tears in the rain

 

 

Away from home

Alone again

This time my train is going

Many miles away from you

 

I think there's something

You should know

I think it's time I told you

There's something deep inside of me

There's someone else I've got to be

 

Tears in the rain

We'll never be the same

What can we do now

Baby, we're through now

We'll never meet again

Tears in the rain

We'll never be the same

Nothing to do now

Baby we're through now

I won't see you again

 

Things go their way

It's hard to say

Ooh so much time was wasted

Just trying to make you see

So many people change their lives

Trying to understand

There's something deep inside of me

There's someone else I've got to be

 

Tears in the rain

We'll never be the same

What can we do now

Baby, we're through now

We'll never meet again

Tears in the rain

We'll never be the same

Nothing to do now

Baby we're through now

I won't see you again

 

I think there's something

You should know

I think it's time I told you

There's something deep inside of me

There's someone else I've got to be

 

Tears in the rain

We'll never be the same

What can we do now

Baby, we're through now

We'll never meet again

Tears in the rain

We'll never be the same

Nothing to do now

Baby we're through now

I won't see you again

 

Tears in the rain

We'll never be the same

What can we do now

Baby we're through now

We'll never meet again

Tears in the rain

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THE CHURCH - The Unguarded Moment

 

 

So hard finding inspiration

I knew you'd find me crying

Tell those girls with rifles for minds

That their jokes don't make me laugh

They only make me feel like dying

In an unguarded moment

 

So long, long between mirages

I knew you'd find me drinking

Tell those men with horses for hearts

That their jibes don't make me bleed

They only make me feel like shrinking

In an unguarded moment

 

So deep, deep without a meaning

I knew you'd find me leaving

Tell those friends with cameras for eyes

That their hands don't make me hang

They only make me feel like breathing

In an unguarded moment

In an unguarded moment

In an unguarded moment

 

In an unguarded moment

In an unguarded moment

In an unguarded moment

In an unguarded moment

(In an unguarded moment)

In an unguarded moment

(In an unguarded moment)

In an unguarded moment

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Silver Screen -" Won't You Ever Know"

 

 

Happy knowing what lies ahead

Find me changing this life I led

 

Cos I’ve seen too much,

though I’ve missed too much

I’m trying harder to forget your name

This old place has me going crazy

Knowing that I’m still the same

 

If you came back would you see

All the things you meant to me

And if you return my heart

Would it make a difference now

 

In this lonely space of time

You only appeared in dreams

In this short space of time

 

All the time that it took to notice me

Like a dream won’t you ever know

Walk in time with the people on the street

Day and night with no place to go

 

Over forgotten words we said

Leaving all of the charms I kept

 

Cos I’ve seen too much

and I’ve missed too much

To be here wondering what to do

This old face that I see in pictures

Tells me that we’re all but through

 

If you came back would you see

All the things you meant to me

And if you return my heart

Would it make a difference now

 

In this lonely space of time

You only appeared in dreams

In this short space of time

 

All the time that it took to notice me

Like a dream won’t you ever know

Walk in time with the people on the street

Day and night with no place to go

Like a dream won’t you ever know it’s true

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Film School - Like you know

 

 

You fall like you know

And leave like you don't

A new love for the stars

A love for the charts

 

But I thought the strongest go alone?

Don't you fall for anything

But I thought the best go out alone?

You won't fall for anything

 

Convinced yourself this is what you want

We lived by a well

That echoed all you'd tell

We carved in the stone

To love is to own

 

But I thought the strongest go alone?

Don't you fall for anything

But I thought the best go out alone?

You won't follow anything

Convinced yourself this is what you want

I'm waiting for your time

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Nice set, LF!  Unguarded Moment, wow, haven't heard that song in forever, really takes me back.  And love Maggie Reilly's voice, will have to explore her some more! 

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"Sailing Ships" - Whitesnake

 

Thanks, abcd  . I remember this one well. Thanks for posting. Takes me to 1990 and 1991.

 

 

An early 80's throwback.

 

Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (Official Music Video)

 

 

Under blue moon I saw you

So soon you'll take me

Up in your arms too late to beg you

Or cancel it though I know it must be

The killing time

Unwillingly mine

 

Fate

Up against your will

Through the thick and thin

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

 

In starlit nights I saw you

So cruelly you kissed me

Your lips a magic world

Your sky all hung with jewels

The killing moon

Will come too soon

 

Fate

Up against your will

Through the thick and thin

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

 

Under blue moon I saw you

So soon you'll take me

Up in your arms, too late to beg you

Or cancel it though I know it must be

The killing time

Unwillingly mine

 

Fate

Up against your will

Through the thick and thin

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

Fate

Up against your will

Through the thick and thin

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

Fate

Up against your will

Through the thick and thin

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

You give yourself to him

Fate

Up against your will

Through the thick and thin

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

You give yourself to him

 

 

 

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Okay, don't laugh but I *LOVE* this one!   Not putting the lyrics down cos they're not really meaningful in any way, lol.

 

Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart

 

Marc Almond & Gene Pitney

 

And she does a neat cover:

 

Dana Winner

https://youtu.be/yEW7RjvmAag

[[Lo...]]

Not laughing at all. That is a great song. I actually remember that video quite well. Glad to see it again after all the years.

 

Something else from that era. Loved it when I heard it first.

 

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart (HQ Audio)

https://youtu.be/JFGY2E4oH60

 

I was so glad that Maria actually went and eventually recorded it and started performing it, too. She wrote it, after all.

 

 

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Rick Astley - Cry for Help

 

 

She's taken my time

Convinced me she's fine

But when she leaves

I'm not so sure

 

It's always the same

She's playing her game

And when she goes

I feel to blame

 

Why won't she say

She needs me?

I know she's not

As strong as she seems

 

Why don't I see

Her cry for help?

Why don't I feel

Her cry for help?

Why don't I hear

Her cry for help?

 

I wandered around

The streets of this town

Trying to find sense in it all

 

The rain on my face

It covers the trace

Of all the tears

I've had to waste

 

Why must we hide emotions?

Why must we never break down and cry?

 

All that I need

Is to cry for help

Somebody please hear me

Cry for help

All I can do

Is cry for help

 

No need to feel ashamed

Release the pain

Cry for help

 

Cry for help

Is all I need

All I need

Is a cry for help

 

Cry for help

Is all I need

All I need

Is a cry for help

 

Why must we hide emotions?

Why can't we ever break down and cry?

 

All that I need

Is to cry for help

I will be there

When you cry for help

Why don't I hear

Her cry for help?

 

All that I need

Is to cry for help

Somebody please hear me

Cry for help

All I can do

Is cry for help

 

All that I need

Is to cry for help

I will be there

When you cry for help

Is it so hard to cry for help?

 

Cry for help is all I need

No need to feel ashamed

All I need is a cry for help

Come on and release the pain

Cry for help is all I need

Put your trust in me

All I need is a cry for help

My love is gonna set you free