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"The Joke"

 

Brandi Carlile

 

 

Awesome song, had it on my list but you beat me to it.   Love Brandi, it's about time she's getting the recognition she so deserves.

Hope you're doing well, seltz?

 

We gotta dance with the devil on a river

To beat the stream

 

 

It’s only grown on me every time I hear it.  That’s the sign of a good one.  Doing ok. Call it living the dream. 

 

Clicked on it to listen once again, uh oh, you forgot to change the link, seltz, hah, you need to edit.  Here's the right link for everyone's listening pleasure:

 

"The Joke"

 

Brandi Carlile

 

 

Living the dream, yea, I know that line very well too, sighs, just another day in paradise ... I'm sorry, seltz, come and join Bazil and I in our fairytale world ... 

 

One of the mods must be playing some sort of sick joke bc I hate Celtic music.  Refer to previous disclosure here: http://www.benzobuddies.org/forum/index.php?topic=221363.msg2845937#msg2845937 

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I see what I did lol.  No offense to your song choice abcd.    Personal taste thing. 

 

 

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Lol, I gathered you'd used it as a template cos I've made that same mistake myself more than once.  C'mon, that Celtic Woman song gives me the shivers, it's so beautiful.  Guess it gives you the shivers too, but for different reasons.

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"Save Me" - Johnette Napolitano

 

At the moment

Everything started falling apart

I heard a train on the roof

And a burglar alarm

And a shaking foundation

And I tried to hold on

 

Everything was wrong

So very wrong

I had a shot and a chance

And what was left of my will

Still, I'd better keep still, I thought

I'd better keep still

 

I crawled up the stairs

All sad and slow

What if this was the end

Well here I go

What if this was the end

Well here I go

 

And the windows were breaking

And the dogs were barking

And the water rising

And a woman crying

 

Save me

I'm giving up now

Save me

I'm going under

Save me

I'm giving up now

 

But I waited it out

I held my own in the dark

And I was praying out loud

Walls were falling down

And I prepared to drown

Yeah, I was going down

Going down

 

And the sky was screaming

And the water high

And I was so very tired

And I smelled something on fire

And I held up my head

It was something you said

Something you said

 

And the windows were breaking

And the dogs were barking

And the water was rising

 

Save me

I'm giving up now

Save me

I'm going under

Save me

I'm giving up now

 

Save me

Save me

Save me

 

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"Run In The Rain" - Tom Grennan

 

Tell me who to call

Tell me when I'm down

Tell me when I'm out

Tell me if I fall

Tell me if I scream and shout

Will you listen

And will you listen

 

Tell me if I'm broken

When they've cut me open

Bleeding on these floors

All my testimonies spoken

And Will you listen

And will you listen

 

Is there anybody out there

I'm down on my knees

Wash myself clean

Is there anybody out there

 

[CHORUS:]

Just give me the answers

And give me the signs

Just give me the reasons

To run in the rain

And I'll be alright

Just give me the hope

And give the fight

Just give me the reasons

To run in the rain

And I'll be alright

Yeah, I'll be alright

 

When the light can see

The seas of summer leaves

The melodies resolve

And then the eulogy agrees

Will you listen

And will you listen

 

And when the dust goes down

And there's nothing but the ground

And the holy ghost is talking

Will you ever hear the sound

Will you listen

And will you listen

 

[CHORUS]

 

Something come and save me

Come and save me

Something come and save me

Come and save me

Something come and save me

Come and save me

Something come and save me

Come and save me

 

And I'll be alright

Yeah I'll be alright

 

Just give me the answers

And give me the signs

Just give me the reasons

To run in the rain

And I'll be alright

Just give me the hope

And give me the fight

Just give me the reasons

To run in the rain

And I'll be alright

Yeah, I'll be alright

 

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"A Safe Place to Land"

Sara Bareilles feat. John Legend

https://youtu.be/n3gSpEPHzEY

 

When holding your breath

Is safer than breathing

When letting go is braver than keeping

When innocent words turn to lies

And you can't hide by closing your eyes

 

When pain is all that they offer

Like a kiss from the lips of a monster

You know the famine so well

But never met the feast

When home is the belly of the beast

 

The ocean is wild and over your head

And the boat beneath you is sinking

Don't need room for your bags

Hope is all that you have

So say the Lord's Prayer twice

Hold your babies tight

Surely someone will reach out a hand

And show you a safe place to land

 

Oh, imagine yourself in a building

Up in flames, being told to stand still

The window's wide open

This leap is on faith

You don't know who will catch you

But maybe somebody will

 

The ocean is wild and over your head

And the boat beneath you is sinking

Don't need room for your bags

Hope is all that you have

So say the Lord's Prayer twice

Hold your babies tight

Surely someone will reach out a hand

And show you a safe place to land

 

Be the hand of a hopeful stranger

A little scared but you're strong enough

Be the light in the dark of this danger

Till the sun comes up

(x3)

 

Till the sun comes up

Till the sun comes up

Till the sun comes up

Till the sun comes up

 

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"Sparrow" - Emeli Sandé

 

I got wind beneath my wings

I think this time I'm gonna make it till morning

I got strength within my heart

I'm gonna sing for all the heroes who've fallen

 

[CHORUS:]

Yeah, I'm gonna take the long

The long way home

Yes, I'm gonna take the world

The world by storm

 

We've got magic in our bones

Just like the stars

We're gonna shine, bright and golden

We're gonna bang down all the doors

Make sure we take back all the things that were stolen

 

Yeah, we're gonna take the long

The long way home

Yeah, we're gonna take the world

The world by storm

 

See, with the heart of a sparrow

Tell me what arrow could ever bring you down

Oh, the escape, it was narrow

But what a gift of the courage you found

 

See, with the heart of a sparrow

Oh, tell me what arrow could ever bring you down

Oh, the escape, it was narrow

But what gift of courage you found, yeah

 

I've got stars within my soul

I think the dust is gonna finally settle

But hurry

Pure as rivers, strong as mountains

We spread love like the flowers give petals

 

Oh, we're gonna take the long

The long way home

Oh, we're gonna take the world

The world by storm

Yea, we're gonna take

Take the long way home

That's right

Then we're gonna take the world

The world by storm

 

Yes, we're gonna take the whole wide world by storm

 

 

 

 

 

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"We Belong" - Def Leppard

 

 

Sometimes I feel I don’t belong here

Sometimes I just don’t feel

 

I feel so uninvited

A wound that never heals

 

I need a little shelter

Just for a little while

 

Sometimes I hide the sadness

Behind a painted smile

 

If you cast the first stone

I will roll it away

I will kneel at your throne

Hold my hands up and pray

I will hold back the tide

Push the oceans aside

Save the day

But I can be stronger

 

[CHORUS:]

You’re all that I am

You’re all that I see

The keys to the kingdom are waiting for me

So don’t hold me back

And don’t hold me down

Just hold me and don’t let go

You’re all that I am

You’re all that I do

The end of the rainbow is waiting for you

So tell me I’m right

Cause this can’t be wrong

Not if we belong

 

Whatever happened to forgiveness

Are the words too hard to say

 

What happened to the answers

They disappeared along the way

 

I hide behind the madness

Still looking for the clues

 

And there’s nothing left to chance

When there’s nothing left to lose

 

And the voice in my head

Screams the words I believe

And the light in the dark

Is the air that I breathe

 

[CHORUS]

 

As you cast the first stone

And I roll it away

And I kneel at your throne

These words that I say

 

You’re all that I am

You’re all that I see

The keys to the kingdom are waiting for me

So don’t hold me back

And don’t hold me down

Just hold me and don’t let go

You’re all that I am

You’re all that I do

The end of the rainbow is waiting for you

So tell me I’m right

Cause this can’t be wrong

Not if we belong

 

The keys to the kingdom are waiting for me

 

 

                                       

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"Falls Apart" - Hurt

 

I messed up again when I tried

You spend all your money and die

And, oh, by the way

With all you did, nothing has changed

So lie like a waste by the side

 

Cause everything just falls apart

Cause everything just fell apart for me

 

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my heart

 

And I don't feel the need to go on

I was happier singing along the way

I had things I need to say

But now it's like a shallow tape

That holds up my face from inside

 

Cause everything just falls apart

Cause everything just fell apart for me

 

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my heart

 

So woe is me, yeah

Oh woe is me, yeah

Woe is me, yeah

It all fell apart

 

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my heart

 

And the hell of it is what we are

We finish and wish we could start again

Our skin tears away

As our memories fade with age

And we don't even know till it's gone

Gone, gone

 

And everything just fell apart

Cause everything just falls apart for me

 

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my heart

 

So woe is me

It all falls apart you see

So woe is me

It all fell apart

 

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my heart

 

And everything just comes down

It falls around me cause, well

Everything just falls apart

 

So woe is me

It all falls apart you see

Woe is me

It all fell apart

 

Well, I cracked my head and broke my

I cracked my head and broke my

Just everything just falls a---

 

:'(        :'(

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"World Spins Madly On"

The Weepies

 

I woke up and wished that I was dead

With an aching in my head

I lay motionless in bed

I thought of you and where you'd gone

Let the world spin madly on

 

And everything that I said I'd do

Like make the world brand new

And take the time for you

I just got lost and slept right through the dawn

And the world spins madly on

 

I let the day go by

I always say goodbye

I watch the stars from my window sill

The whole world is moving

And I'm standing still

 

I woke up and wished that I was dead

With an aching in my head

I lay motionless in bed

The night is here and the day is gone

And the world spins madly on

 

I thought of you and where you'd gone

And the world spins madly on

And the world spins madly on

And the world spins madly on

And on, and on

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"Broken Wings" - Bryan Ferry

https://youtu.be/ywM_P4BV2no

 

Through the golden sunset

Beyond the border line

Stands a cross

A simple sign

 

There the fires of evening

Reveal so many things

But who can mend

Broken wings

 

Southern belles, fancy rings

Divorced from anything

As the story goes

Wish I could fly

 

Take me ever-winding

Where the morning rain

Takes a cloud

From the sky

 

There I long to love you

Love is everything

Who can mend

Broken wings

 

Through the night love is blind

The light of day unkind

The sense of loss you find

No sense at all

 

And should you gaze in wonder

Where the eagle flies

Fallen angels might sing

Who can mend broken wings

 

 

 

 

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"Glow" - Ella Henderson

 

Like a chest of hidden gold

Shimmers in the depths below

We are, we are

The treasures that they hide

 

Like the sun that saves the night

Bursting through a darkened sky

We are, we are

Soldiers of the light

And we will glow

Oh, oh, oh

 

So let them build their righteous tower

Our blazing hearts will burn it down

We are, we are

Soldiers of the light

And we will glow

Oh, oh, oh

 

We are fire, we are fire

And our love will burn

The flame will never die

We are brighter, we are brighter

Let's show them how we light up tonight

We will glow

Oh, oh, oh

 

Like a chest of hidden gold

Shimmers in the depths below

We are, we are

The treasures that they hide

 

Like the sun that saves the night

Bursting through a darkened sky

We are, we are

Soldiers of the light

And we will glow

Oh, oh, oh

 

We are fire, we are fire

And our love will burn

The flame will never die

We are brighter, we are brighter

Let's show them how we light up tonight

 

We will glow

Oh, oh, oh

We will glow

Oh, oh, oh

 

We are fire

We shoot our flame up high

They see us burn

Across a thousand miles

 

We are brighter

The flame will never die

Let's show them how we light up tonight

 

Oh, you and I

We're soldiers of light

We will glow

Oh, oh, oh

We will glow

Oh, oh, oh

 

We will glow

 

 

:smitten:

 

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"Lose Your Way" - Sophie B. Hawkins

 

 

I have no confidence

And I can't see why I should

But I could do most anything for you

And you know I would

 

I try too hard

And then I give up way too easily

I'm the runner-up inside of you

And you're the winner inside of me

 

[CHORUS:]

Lose your way

And I will follow

Here today

And here tomorrow

Like my freedom

I know I’ll never let you go

 

I still wish on an evening star

And I suppose I always will

Every child loses something

A whole life can’t fulfill

 

And when you cry

I feel the sky burst open in my veins

If loving you makes a slave of me

Then I'll spend my whole life in chains

 

[CHORUS:]

 

Walk the line

I’ll walk inside you

Change your mind

Let your love decide you

It’s the reason I know

You’ll never let me go

Never let me go

Oh no, no, Baby

Never let me go

 

Lose your way

And I will follow

Here today

And here tomorrow

Like my freedom

I know I’ll never let you go

 

Walk the line

I'll walk inside you

Change your mind

Let your love decide you

It's the reason I know

You'll never let me go

 

 

                                 

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” Dear Life”

Beck

 

 

"Dear Life"

 

You sang your swan song to the dogs

'Cause they made mincemeat of the dreams you hung your hopes on

So you cut it out, well your sins cost

While money talks to your conscience, looking like a fool for love

 

Dear life, I'm holding on

Dear life, I'm holding on

How long must I wait

Before the thrill is gone

 

You drove your Rolls into the swamp

You stole away like a thief, reeling from the sticker shock

Of the price they put upon your soul

You buy it back from the burning ashes of the devil you know

 

Dear life, I'm holding on

Dear life, I'm holding on

How long must I wait

Before the thrill is gone

 

Dear life, come and pick me up

Dear life, I think the button's stuck

Dear life, I think it's gone too far

Dear life, please lower the bar

Lower than the stars

 

Dear life, I'm holding on

Dear life, I'm holding on

How long must I wait

Before the thrill is gone

 

 

 

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”Deep Waters “

Jack Savoretti

 

 

 

"Deep Waters"

 

No I won't give up

But I might give in

Give it up to love

And I'll never win

Picked my battles

Fight with grace

Always end up out of place

Stuck in the middle

Green silver and gold

 

At the risk of losing you

I keep doing what I do

Never stop pushing through

These deep waters

Need to be cold blooded

You need to be cold blooded

In these deep waters

In these deep waters

You need to be cold blooded

You need to be cold blooded

In these deep waters

 

And I said too much

Can I take it all back?

You can tell me with your touch

Where were at now I'm out of place

Stuck in the middle

Blinded by my own disgrace

 

At the risk of losing you

I keep doing what I do

Never stop pushing through

These deep waters

Need to be cold blooded

You need to be cold blooded

In these deep waters

In these deep waters

You need to be cold blooded

You need to be cold blooded

In these deep waters

 

I won't sink, I'll swim

I won't sink I'll swim

 

At the risk of losing you

I keep doing what I do

Never stop pushing through

These deep waters

Need to be cold blooded

Need to be cold blooded

In these deep waters

These deep waters

You need to be cold blooded

Need to be cold blooded

In these deep waters

These deep waters

You need to be cold blooded

 

 

 

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”Ride”

Lana Del Rey

 

 

“ Ride”

 

I've been out on that open road

You can be my full time daddy,

White and gold

Singing blues has been getting old

You can be my full-time baby,

Hot or cold

 

Don't break me down

I've been travelin' too long

I've been trying too hard

With one pretty song

 

I hear the birds on the summer breeze,

I drive fast, I am alone in midnight

Been tryin' hard not to get into trouble,

But I, I've got a war in my mind

So, I just ride, just ride,

I just ride, just ride

 

Dying young and I'm playing hard

That's the way my father made his life an art

Drink all day and we talk 'til dark

That's the way the road dogs do it: ride 'til dark.

 

Don't leave me now

Don't say good-bye

Don't turn around

Leave me high and dry

 

I hear the birds on the summer breeze,

I drive fast, I am alone in midnight

Been tryin' hard not to get into trouble,

But I, I've got a war in my mind

I just ride, just ride,

I just ride, just ride

 

I'm tired of feeling like I'm fucking crazy

I'm tired of driving 'til I see stars in my eyes

All I've got to keep myself sane, baby

So I just ride, I just ride

 

I hear the birds on the summer breeze,

I drive fast, I am alone in midnight

Been tryin' hard not to get into trouble,

But I, I've got a war in my mind

I just ride, just ride,

I just ride, I just ride

 

 

 

 

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” The Woods”

The White Buffalo

 

 

"The Woods"

 

Gone so long I stepped out of the woods

I was misunderstood but in light of it all

I sit back and check their disguise

Their dark shallow eyes got lost in the haze of the light

 

So I sit back and watch

I see all their masks soon appear

I long for the woods

From this place I'll disappear

 

They all strive to deviate from the norm

But collectively swarm to be all the same, well

To alter image prosthetics are worn

Their primped plastic forms melt in the heat of the light

 

So I step to the light

And see all their masks soon appear

I long for the woods

From this place I'll disappear

 

 

 

 

 

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” Cry Baby”

Janis Joplin

 

 

"Cry Baby"

 

Cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,

Honey, welcome back home.

 

I know she told you,

Honey I know she told you that she loved you

Much more than I did,

But all I know is that she left you,

And you swear that you just don't know why,

But you know, honey I'll always,

I'll always be around if you ever want me

Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,

Oh honey, welcome back home.

 

Don't you know, honey,

Ain't nobody ever gonna love you

The way I try to do ?

Who'll take all your pain,

Honey, your heartache, too ?

And if you need me, you know

That I'll always be around if you ever want me

Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,

Oh daddy, like you always saying to do.

 

And when you walk around the world, babe,

You said you'd try to look for the end of the road,

You might find out later that the road'll end in Detroit,

Honey, the road'll even end in Kathmandu.

You can go all around the world

Trying to find something to do with your life, baby,

When you only gotta do one thing well,

You only gotta do one thing well to make it in this world, babe.

You got a woman waiting for you there,

All you ever gotta do is be a good man one time to one woman

And that'll be the end of the road, babe,

I know you got more tears to share, babe,

So come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,

And cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby.

 

And if you ever feel a little lonely, dear,

I want you to come on, come on to your mama now,

And if you ever want a little love of a woman

Come on and baby baby baby babe babe baby now

Cry baby yeah.

 

 

❤️❤️❤️

 

 

 

 

 

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_k92-wPQXgY

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There are days when you give up, 

And there are no words, no music, no strength. 

In those days I had with him in separation 

And he didn't ask anyone to help me.

And I wanted to go anywhere., 

Lock your house and don't find the key. 

But believe me - all is not lost, 

Until the light fades, until the candle burns. 

But believe me - all is not lost, 

Until the light fades, until the candle burns.

Loss

And sing me no one could force, 

Silence is the beginning of all beginnings. 

But if the shoulders I spread my song - 

How difficult it will be to keep me silent.

And even if today there are few days, 

And it snowed, and the blood is not hot. 

I'll start again for the hundredth time, 

Until the light fades, until the candle burns. 

I'll start again for the hundredth time, 

Until the light fades, until the candle burns.

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Finding more great songs by Brandi Carlile.  I like this one a lot.

 

”Pride and Joy”

Brandi Carlile

 

 

"Pride and Joy"

 

Time of day I can't recall

The kind of thing that takes it's toll

Over years and over time

Over smiles and over wine

All in all it wasn't bad

All in all it wasn't good

But I still care

That's the problem with the days

They're never long enough to say

What it is you never said

All the books you never read

I throw myself into the wind

Hoping somebody will pick me up

And carry me again

 

Where are you now

Do you let me down

Do you make me grieve for you

Do I make you proud

Do you get me now

Am I your pride and joy

I believe this to be true

Nothing sacred nothing new

No one tells you when its time

There are no warnings only signs

And you know that you're alone

You're not a child anymore

But you're still scared

All your mountains turn to rocks

All your oceans turn to drops

They are nothing like you thought

Can't be something you are not

Life is not a looking glass

Don't get tangled in your past

Like I am learning not to

 

Where are you now

Do you let me down

Do you make me grieve for you

Do I make you proud

Do you get me now

Am I your pride joy

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_k92-wPQXgY

 

I'll start again for the hundredth time,

Until the light fades, until the candle burns.

I'll start again for the hundredth time,

Until the light fades, until the candle burns.

 

:thumbsup:   I really like that one ... even though there aren't any princes in it 

 

 

 

Finding more great songs by Brandi Carlile.  I like this one a lot.

 

”Pride and Joy”

Brandi Carlile

 

 

"Pride and Joy"

 

Time of day I can't recall

 

Nice one, Seltz.  Honestly, there aren't many of hers that I don't like, she's a great songwriter as well as singer!  You might also like Amy Macdonald, I've put a few down already and one or two more on their way soon, stay tuned.