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Another one for you, Lapsy, not sure if this one made your list?  Used to LOVE this song, still do! :smitten:

 

"Stumblin' In" - Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro

https://youtu.be/9a2B2TwKtsM

 

 

LOVE IT! Thank you, abcd! Actually, it's NOT on my list, so it's a great day for my dizzy dame music list with two new entries. I must admit that the singers' haircuts give me the willies, but of course, we can't judge a song by the hair of its singer, right?

 

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Yes, Suzi's hairstyle was her signature look, wasn't it, kind of like Rod Stewart.  You'll cackle now, but how about I confess I used to LOVE the mullet, thought it was way sexy.  Um, I still kind of do.  (Omg, did I really just admit to that publicly?)  :idiot::D

 

 

What a nice way to start the day, thanks Lapis :)  Beautiful! I think it's fairly obvious I've always been drawn to the darker  more maudlin tunes, I've always been for some reason, sigh....

 

Well, now that Saga's put it out there, yes, we have her to blame for influencing me.  Never thought I would get so much comfort from getting lost in these maudlin tunes.  Some of them are just so exquisitely heartfelt, so profound, so meaningful, and so very, very beautiful.

Aaah, music therapy, what amazing medicine!

 

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"Lifeline" - Mat Kearney

 

You're watching everything

You ever held on to

Slip away from you

And all you're running from

Well it's catching up to you

 

Got you looking for a lifeline

Swimming in the high tide

Waiting for the daylight

To bring you home

 

The world is too big

To never ask why

The answers don't fall

Straight out of the sky

 

I'm fighting to live and feel alive

But I can't feel a thing

Without you by my side

Send me out a lifeline

 

You're watching everyone

You ever belonged to

Walk away from you

Maybe all along

You've been running from the truth

 

Got you looking for a lifeline

You're swimming in the high tide

Waiting for the daylight

To bring you home

 

The world is too big

To never ask why

The answers don't fall

Straight out of the sky

 

I'm fighting to live and feel alive

But I can't feel a thing

Without you by my side

Oh send me out a lifeline

 

There's nothing I would change

I'd give it all away

For you again and again and over again

Everything I own is in your control

 

I'm looking for a lifeline

Swimming in the high tide

Waiting for the daylight

To bring me home

 

The world is too big

To never ask why

The answers don't fall

Straight out of the sky

 

I'm fighting to live and feel alive

But I can't feel a thing

Without you by my side

Oh send me out a lifeline

 

Won't you send me a lifeline

Send me a lifeline

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"If You Were A Bluebird" - Emmylou Harris

 

If you were a bluebird

You'd be a sad one

I'd give you a true word

But you've already had one

If you were a bluebird

You'd be crying

You'd be flying home

 

If you were a raindrop

You'd shine like a rainbow

And if you were a train stop

The conductor would sing low

If you were a raindrop

You'd be falling

You'd be calling home

 

If you were a hotel

Honey, you'd be a grand one

But if you hit a slow spell

Do you think you could stand one

If you were a hotel

Well I'd lean on your doorbell

I'd call you my home

 

If I was a highway

I'd stretch alongside you

I'd help you pass byways

That had dissatisfied you

If I was a highway

Well I'd be stretching

I'd be fetching you home

 

 

 

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Okay, if we're getting all maudlin, then the Celts offer a wide variety of options. I think I can safely offer my Karan Casey/James Taylor tune, "The King's Shilling". And yes, that's Jerry Douglas playing dobro guitar with a fabulous group of talented UK musicians, adding just a touch of twang.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Get Up" - Alex Band

 

As I watch the setting sun

Today has come and gone

Just like every yesterday becomes

 

Tell myself that I'm okay

That tomorrow things may change

Just as long as I keep moving on and on

And staying strong

 

Start me up I'll never stop

 

Get up, get up

Get off your knees

Get up, get up

Get on your feet now

Give it all you've got

Come on and get up, get up

 

Through all the mistakes that I have made

Through the times felt myself fade

God I wish I would've stayed

Just another chance I didn't take

 

Now all these thoughts in my head

What I feel, what I've said

What I know that I've got to let go

Before this hurt takes control

Of my body and soul

 

Slipping away

I'm slipping away

Start me up once and I'll never stop

 

Get up, get up

Get off your knees

Get up, get up

Get on your feet now

Give it all you've got

Come on, get up, get up

 

Laying here under the stars

Wondering what we all are

See nothing really matters

When your hearts been hurt or shattered

Whatever you do

It comes back to you

 

Get up, get up

Get off your knees

Get up, get up

Get on your feet now

Give it all you've got

Come on, get up, get up

 

Don't give up, get up

Don't give up, get up

Don't give up, get up

Don't give up, get up

Don't give up, just get up

Don't give up, just get up

Don't give up, just get up

 

 

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"Nightmare" - MSG

 

Nightmares

Lying here in the dark

Scared like my dreams made their mark

I wonder

Dreamer always alone

Lost in a part of myself

I can't find anymore

I wonder if it's gonna end tonight

 

I can't sleep alone anymore

I need you here with me

Even though I closed all the doors

There's something holding me

 

Never ending nightmare

Always there instead of you

Never ending nightmare

No escape this time from you

 

Lately been around someone new

Needed to fill in the space

That once sheltered you

Still I worry

If you're gonna be alright

 

I can't sleep alone anymore

Need someone here with me

All I ever wanted and more

My dreams are fighting for

 

Never ending nightmare

Always there instead of you

Never ending nightmare

Punishing me for the things I do

Never ending nightmare

 

No escape this time from you

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"My Side of the Story" - JT Hodges

A cold wind blows, I am shivering

My body aches as my heart is breaking

Why is life making me hollow

Why is happiness casting me in the shadows

In the shadows

 

Hold on

Don't turn and walk away

Save me

And I cried these words

But nobody came

 

I'm all alone running scared

Losing my way in the dark

I tried to get up, stand on a prayer

But I keep crashing down hard

 

This is my side of the story

Only my side of the story

Nobody cares

Nobody's there

No one will hear

My side of the story

 

Emptiness it's all around me

I try to catch my breath

I barely survive

And I cant go on and I come undone

and there's nothing left in me

 

Hold on

Don't turn and walk away

Save me

And I cried these words

But nobody came

 

I'm all alone running scared

Losing my way in the dark

I tried to get up, stand on a prayer

But I keep crashing down hard

 

This is my side of the story

Only my burden to bear

Nobody cares

Nobody's there

No one will hear

 

As I fall down

As I fall in

And I cried these words

But nobody came

 

I'm all alone running scared

Losing my way in the dark

I tried to get up, stand on a prayer

But I keep crashing down hard

 

This is my side of the story

Only my burden to bear

Nobody cares

Nobody's there

No one will hear

 

My side of the story

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"This Little Bird" - Marianne Faithfull

 

There's a little bird that somebody sends

Down to the earth to live on the wind

Born on the wind and he sleeps on the wind

 

This little bird that somebody sends

He's light and fragile and feathered sky blue

So thin and graceful the sun shines through

This little bird who lives on the wind

 

This little bird that somebody sends

He flies so high up in the sky

Out of reach of human eye

And the only time that he touches the ground

Is when that little bird

Is when that little bird

Is when that little bird dies

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"Beneath the Silence" - Angel Dust

 

A mind full of haunted shadows

Keeps away the painful sleep

Light a candle for the sacred moment

Needless thoughts are in too deep

 

Scary pictures behind the curtain

Burn my eyes and melt the tears

Loneliness in a hidden chamber

Unlock the doors to forgotten fears

 

There is nothing left to take

All I do is lay awake

Beneath the silence

Beneath the silence

Beneath the silence

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"Strange World" - Parachute

 

Let me out

My world is spinning

And it just won't stop

I'm so deep in it

And I've had enough.

I just can't do it again

 

But then you drop that bomb,

All I can hear is all these car alarms

And then I realize that I've gone too far

And now I'm slipping away

 

So keep me hanging on

Hold me down

And stop me when I fall

And love me

When it makes no sense at all

Even when I'm wrong

Keep me hanging on

 

I'm living in a strange world

Strange world, strange world

Got me living in a strange world

Strange world, strange world

 

Shadows swim

I hear them laughing

At the state I'm In

Their eyes keep staring

And they just won't quit

And they whisper your name

 

Over there I close my eyes

I never sleep through all these endless nights

And when I dream it's all in black and white

And I'm just slipping away

 

So keep me hanging on

Hold me down

And stop me when I fall

And love me when it makes no sense at all

Even when I'm wrong

Keep me hanging on

 

Crazy, everybody thinks that I'm crazy

Everybody thinks I can't slow down

 

Keep me hanging on

Love me when it makes no sense at all

 

So keep me hanging on

Hold me down

And stop me when I fall

Love me when it makes no sense at all

Even when I'm gone

Keep me hanging on

 

You've got me living in a strange world

Strange world, strange world

I'm living in a strange world

Strange world, strange world

 

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"Carry Me, Carrie" - Dr. Hook

 

Second Street and Broadway

Sitting in a doorway

Head held in his hands

Looked to all the world

Like he was praying

 

Foot wrapped in an old rag

Bottle in a brown bag

I saw him trying to stand

Then I heard the words

That he was saying

 

And he said

Come on, Carrie

Carry me a little farther

Come on, Carrie

Carry me one more mile

I don't know where it's leading to

But I know I can make it if I lean on you

 

So come on, Carrie

Carry me a little

I carried you

Now carry me a little

Come on, Carrie

Carry me a little while

 

Well he struggled to his feet

And staggered down the street

To the window of a Five and Dime

He stood and laughed a while

At his reflection

 

And then I heard him shouting

Something about a mountain

He could surely climb

If she was only there

To point the right direction

 

But she ain't, no

But she ain't, no

 

He said

Come on, Carrie

Carry me a little farther

Come on, Carrie

Carry me one more mile

I don't know where it's leading to

But I know I can make it if I lean on you

 

So come on, Carrie

Carry me a little

I carried you

Now carry me a little

Come on, Carrie

Carry me a little while

 

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"Never Let Them See You Cry" - Billie Myers

 

Never let them see you cry

Because tears will lead you nowhere

And nowhere walks

A long and lonely road

 

Never let the liquid edges fall

Through the cracks of self doubt

Even if the doors are wide open

Assume the room is dark

 

So if misery likes company

Then why am I alone

Its cold outside this double bed

Inside a single room

 

So never let them see you cry

 

You walked away and left me numb

Rock bottom took the fall

But I'd rather feel the pain

Than nothing at all

 

So if misery likes company

Then why am I alone

Its cold outside this double bed

Inside a single room

 

So never let them see you cry

So never let them see you cry

So never let them see you cry

So never let them see you cry

 

(I'd thought you loved me

And you said you did

You really, really hurt me

Yeah baby, watch me cry

Does it make you feel strong

Does it make you feel good

You really hurt me

Such a life, such a life)

 

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"Dream" - Priscilla Ahn

 

I was a little girl

Alone in my little world

Who dreamed of a little home for me

I played pretend between the trees

And fed my houseguests bark and leaves

And laughed in my pretty bed of green

 

I had a dream

That I could fly

From the highest swing

I had a dream

 

Long walks in the dark

Through woods grown behind the park

I asked God who I'm supposed to be

The stars smiled down on me

God answered in silent reverie

I said a prayer and fell asleep

 

I had a dream

That I could fly

From the highest tree

I had a dream

 

Now I'm old and feeling gray

I don't know what's left to say

About this life I'm willing to leave

I lived it full and I lived it well

There's many tales I've lived to tell

 

I'm ready now

I'm ready now

I'm ready now

To fly from the highest swing

 

I had a dream

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"Outside Myself" - K.D. Lang

 

A thin ice covers my soul

My body's frozen and my heart is cold

And still so much about me is raw

I search for a place to unthaw

 

Something in me broods love into fear

It veils my vision leaves my thoughts unclear

My eyes from blue turn to grey

Hoping to mask what they say

 

I've been outside myself for so long

Any feeling I had is close to gone

I've been outside myself for so long

 

I have been in a storm of the sun

Basking senseless to what I've become

A fool to worship just light

When after all, it follows night

 

I've been outside myself for so long

Any feeling I had is close to gone

I've been outside myself for so long, so long

 

I've been outside myself for so long

Any feeling I had is close to gone

I've been outside myself for so long

 

 

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"One Step Up" - Bruce Springsteen

 

Woke up this morning my house was cold

Checked the furnace she wasn't burning

Went out and hopped in my old Ford

Hit the engine but she ain't turning

We've given each other some hard lessons lately

But we ain't learning

We're the same sad story that's a fact

One step up and two steps back

 

Bird on a wire outside my motel room

But he ain't singing

Girl in white outside a church in June

But the church bells ain't ringing

I'm sitting here in this bar tonight

But all I'm thinking is

I'm the same old story same old act

One step up and two steps back

 

It's the same thing night on night

Who's wrong baby who's right

Another fight and I slam the door on

Another battle in our dirty little war

When I look at myself I don't see

The man I wanted to be

Somewhere along the line I slipped off track

I'm caught moving

One step up and two steps back

 

There's a girl across the bar

I get the message she's sending

Mmm she ain't looking too married

And me well honey I'm pretending

Last night I dreamed I held you in my arms

The music was never-ending

We danced as the evening sky faded to black

One step up and two steps back

 

One step up and two steps back

One step up and two steps back

 

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"Black River" - Amos Lee

 

Woah, black river

Gonna take my cares away

Woah, black river

Gonna take my cares away

Gonna take my cares

Gonna carry my cares

Gonna take my cares away

Gonna take my cares

Gonna carry my cares

Gonna take my cares away

 

Woah, dear savior

Gonna take my cares away

Woah, dear savior

Gonna take my cares away

Gonna take my cares

Gonna carry my cares

Gonna take my cares away

Gonna take my cares

Gonna carry my cares

Gonna take my cares away

 

Woah, sweet whiskey lord

Gonna take my cares away

Woah, sweet whiskey lord

you're gonna take my cares away

Gonna take my cares

Gonna carry my cares

gonna take my cares away

Gonna take my cares

Gonna carry my cares

Gonna take my cares away

 

You're gonna take my bottle, my bible, my mess

You're gonna take all of my empty and my loneliness

Gonna take all of the sadness inside of me

Gonna take it all and set me free

 

Woah, black river

Gonna take my cares away

 

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"Healing"

Michael English & Wynonna Judd

 

Say goodbye to yesterday

Nothing standing in my way

Never was a guarantee

But in my heart

I know there's got to be

 

Healing

Gonna take some time

I'm on the mend

I'm healing

Starting over at the end

And feeling

Stronger than I've ever been

I'm healing

 

I can see me pulling through

Finding out I'm someone who

Is moving on and letting go

I'm picking up the pieces

For the road to

 

Healing

Gonna take some time

I'm on the mend

I'm healing

Starting over at the end

And feeling

Stronger than I've ever been

I'm healing

 

The chapter's been written

It's all in my past

I kept turning pages

I'm here at last

 

I'm healing

Gonna take some time

I'm on the mend

I'm healing

Starting over at the end

And feeling

Stronger than I've ever been

I'm healing

 

I'm feeling

Stronger than I've ever been

It's gonna take some time

I'm on the mend

I'm healing

 

 

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"Journey" - Angela Zhang

 

It's a long, long journey

Till I know where I'm supposed to be

It's a long, long journey

And I don't know if I can believe

 

When shadows fall and block my eyes

I am lost and know that I must hide

It's a long, long journey

Till I find my way home to you

 

Many days I've spent

Drifting on through empty shores

Wondering what's my purpose

Wondering how to make me strong

 

I know I will falter, I know I will cry

I know you'll be standing by my side

It's a long, long journey

And I need to be close to you

 

Sometimes it feels

No one understands

I don't even know why

I do the things I do

 

When pride builds me up

Till I can't see my soul

Will you break down these walls

And pull me through

 

Cause it's a long, long journey

Till I feel that I am worth the price

You paid for me on cavalry

Beneath those stormy skies

 

When Satan mocks

And friends turn to foes

It feels like everything is out

To make me lose control

 

Cause it's a long, long journey

Till I find my way home to you

To you

 

 

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"Take Hold of Me" - Alex Band

Never been more alone

I'm sinking like a stone

Seems everything I knew

No longer gets me through this madness

I can't take it now

 

Everything I planned

Has crumbled into sand

And slipped into the sea

Would someone please save me from this pain

Cause I'm going insane

 

So take hold of me

Please take hold of me

Take hold of me

And never let me go

Don't let me go

 

The people I leaned on

One blink and they are gone

And so I turn to you

To pull my lost soul out of this love

I'm dying for love

 

So take hold of me

Yea, take hold of me

Take hold of me

And never let me go

Don't let me go

Don't let me go

Don't let me go

 

Can you see me

Find me

Free me

 

Just take hold of me

Yeah, take hold of me

Oh, I say take hold of me

I've got nowhere left to go

 

Well take hold of me

Oh, take hold of me

Well take hold of me

And never let me go

 

I'll be alright, I'll be alright

I'll be alright

I'll be alright

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"Will The Sun Ever Shine Again" - Bonnie Raitt

 

Rain is pouring down

Like the heavens are hurting

Seems like it's been dark

Since the devil knows when

 

How do you go on

Never knowing for certain

Will the sun ever shine again

 

Feels like it's been years

Since it started to thunder

Clouds are camping out

In the valley and glen

 

How do you go on

When you can't help but wonder

Will the sun ever shine again

 

What if the rain keeps falling

What if the sky stays gray

What if the winds keep squalling

And never go away

 

Maybe soon the storm

Will be tired of blowing

Maybe soon it all

Will be over, Amen

 

How do you go on

If there's no way of knowing

Will the sun ever shine

 

Wish I could say

Send me a sign

One little ray

Lord, if you're listening

How long until then

Will the sun ever shine again

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"Skyline Pigeon" - Elton John

 

Turn me loose from your hands

Let me fly to distant lands

Over green fields, trees and mountains

Flowers and forest fountains

Home along the lanes of the skyway

 

For this dark and lonely room

Projects a shadow cast in gloom

And my eyes are mirrors of the world outside

Thinking of the way

That the wind can turn the tide

 

And these shadows turn

From purple into grey

 

For just a Skyline Pigeon

Dreaming of the open

Waiting for the day

That he can spread his wings

And fly away again

 

Fly away

Skyline pigeon, fly

Towards the dreams

You left so very far behind

 

Let me wake up in the morning

To the smell of new mown hay

To laugh and cry, to live and die

In the brightness of my day

 

I want to hear the pealing bells

Of distant churches sing

But most of all please free me

From this aching metal ring

And open out this cage towards the sun

 

For just a Skyline Pigeon

Dreaming of the open

Waiting for the day

He can spread his wings

And fly away again

 

Fly away

Skyline pigeon, fly

Towards the dreams

You left so very far behind

 

 

 

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"Try to Find Me" - Gorky Park

 

 

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When the rain is pouring down

And no one is around

All the doors are closed

 

You're a stranger in this town

Wandering around

And you feel lost

 

[CHORUS:]

Please try to find me

And I'll try to find you

You know I need you

Just like you need me

 

Please don't give up

Cause we're almost together

We've almost made it

Hold on and you'll see

 

When nobody wants to hear

What you want to say

And you feel down

 

When your hope has disappeared

Like a morning train

You can't slow down

 

[CHORUS]

 

I am just like you

Oh, you know it's true

Don't give up, my friend

This is not the end

 

Just try to find me

And I'll try to find you

You know I need you

Just like you need me

 

Please don't give up

Cause we're almost together

We've almost made it

Hold on and you'll see

 

 

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"Pill" - Edie Brickell

 

You say you can't pay attention

It's getting pretty rough

You feel a little down now

And you can't get it up

 

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

 

Now the pressure is rising

It's getting to your head

Nothing is exciting

You wanna stay in bed

 

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

 

Side effects may include

Headache and anxiety

Loss of appetite which means

Palpitations and dry lips

No desire to be kissed

 

You lie down in the darkness

It's there when you awake

Hounded by a problem

Haunted by mistakes

 

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

They got a pill for that

 

 

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"Seagull" - Bad Company

 

Seagull, you fly across the horizon

Into the misty morning sun

Nobody asked you where you are going

Nobody knows where you're from

 

Here is a man asking the question

Is this really the end of the world

Seagull you must have known for a long time

The shape of things to come

 

Now you fly through the sky

Never asking why

And you fly all around

Till somebody shoots you down

 

Seagull, you fly across the horizon

Into the misty morning sun

Nobody asked you where you are going

Nobody knows where you're from

 

Now you fly through the sky

Never asking why

And you fly all around

Till somebody shoots you down

 

Seagull you fly

Seagull you fly away

And you'll fly away today

And you'll fly away tomorrow

And you'll fly away

Leave me to my sorrow

 

Seagull, go on and fly

Fly to your tomorrow

Leave me to my sorrow

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"Where Do We Go From Here" - The Listening Pool

 

On every corner

On every night

There's a place where

You know it will be alright

Cause everyone has been there before

 

And every quarrel

And every fight

Well, off in the distance

I see it in black and white

Now I'm waiting for a knock at my door

 

Where do we go from here

 

After every sorrow

In so many lives

Well, I catch a moment

Passing before my eyes

And I guess I'll never find my way home

 

Where do we go from here

Where do we go from here

Where do we go from here

Where do we go from here

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