New game: Lyrics Chain

[RaspberryHats]

linked word = girls

Eye cream and thigh cream
how 'bout a get high cream?
Nothing i do smoothes out the feelings
of being used
The Ballad of a Ladyman

Freak that I am
live in Japan
Let's rock with the tough girls
in this part of the world
take a photograph
Portrait of a Ladyman

are we holding on to our pride a bit too long
are we breaking you apart
are we breaking on guitars

They say i've gone too far
with the image i've got and
they know i'd make a mint
with new plastic skin
and a hit on the radio!
Oh, tempations of a ladyman

Sleater-Kinney - "Ballad of a Ladyman"

[Kaia]

linked word = alright

It's late in the evening
She's wondering what clothes to wear
She puts on her make up
And brushes her long blonde hair
And then she asks me
Do I look alright
And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight

We go a party
And everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady
That's walking around with me
And then she asks me
Do you feel alright
And I say yes, I feel wonderful tonight


Eric Clapton - Wonderful tonight

[watty]

linked word = late

You're stringing me along
With just a hope to carry on
That hurts me
And you know I've tried
To keep my tears held back inside
But why am I waiting for you
When you treat me like you do

You can't keep me hanging on
Now the magic's gone
I'm over dreaming over you
It's much too late
My love just can't wait
I'm over dreaming over you


"I'm over dreaming over you" -- Kylie Minogue
[br]

[Tues]

linked words – tears, know


Why is it so
That I've always been the one who must go
That I've always been the one told to flee
When it fact you were the one long ago
Actually in the drifting white snow
You left me

So put up your fists and I'll put up mine
No running away from the scene of the crime
God's chosen a place
Somewhere near the end of the world
Somewhere near the end of our lives

But 'til then no…. don't be surprised
If I wanna see the tears in your eyes
Then I know it had to be long ago
Actually in the drifting white snow
You loved me

No matter how strong
I'm gonna take you down
With one little stone
I'm gonna break you down
And see what you're worth
What you're really worth to me

“Dinner at Eight” – Rufus Wainwright

[Kaia]

linked word = somewhere

Today
we took a walk up the street
we picked a flower
and climbed the hill above the lake
And secret thoughts were said aloud
we watched the faces in the clouds
till the clouds had blown away

And were we ever somewhere else
you know it's hard to say
and I never saw blue like that before
across the sky
around the world
you're giving me all you have and more
and noone else has ever shown me how
to see the world the way I see it now
Oh, I...I never saw blue like that

Never saw blue like that - Shawn Colvin

[Tues]

hey everyone, here's to wishes & dreams....

linked words - blue, clouds, above

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
A way above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then oh why can't I?

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" - Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg
(the classic version Judy Garland... deranged version Tiny Tim)

[EasierSaid]

linked word = eyes

Baby, I get so scared inside
And I don't really understand
Is it love that's on my mind or is it fantasy
Heaven is in the palm of my hand
And it's waiting here for you
What am I supposed to do with a childhood tragedy

If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged
If I close my eyes forever
will it all remain the same

"Close My Eyes Forever" Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne

[watty]

linked word = scared

With every little smile do you know me better
You know I'm never what I seem
Cause I don't worry about the future
My days they pass just like a dream
Are you scared of what you're seeing
Does it make me seem so cruel
And now I'll ask you if I hurt you
That's just something that I do


"Fade away" -- Texas
[br]

[Tues]

linked words - love, come


What will sustain us through the winter?
Where did last years lessons go?
Walk me out into the rain and snow
I dream a highway back to you

Oh I dream a highway back to you love
A winding ribbon with a band of gold
A silver vision come and bless my soul
I dream a highway back to you


"I Dream a Highway Back to You" - Gillian Welch

[Candleshoe]

Linked word = falling

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I cant help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I cant help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you

Elvis Presley

[justin]

linked word = love

And so...
Everybody's going to war,
But we don't know what we're fighting for,
Don't tell me it's a worthy cause,
No cause could be so worthy.

If love is a drug, then I guess we're all sober,
If hope is a song then I guess it's all over,
How to have faith, when faith is a crime?
I don't want to die...
If God's on our side, then God is a joker,
Asleep on the job, his children fall over,
Running out through the door and straight to the sky,
I don't want to die...

Everybody's Gone to War - Nerina Pallot

[Emms]

linked word = Girls, boys

if my life were a movie
there would be a sunset
and the camera would pan away
but the sky is just a little sister
tagging along behind the buildings
trying to imitate their gray
the little boys are breaking bottles
against the sidewalk
the big boys, too
the girls are hanging out at the candy store
pumping quarters into the phone
'cause they don't want to go home

and i think,
what if no one's watching
what it when we're dead, we are just dead
what if it's just us down here
what if god ain't looking down
what if he's looking up instead

if my life were a movie
i would light a cigarette
and the smoke would curl around my face
everything i do would be interesting
i'd play the good guy
in every scene
but i always feel i have to
take a stand
and there's always someone on hand
to hate me for standing there
i always feel i have to open my mouth
and every time i do
i offend someone
somewhere

but what
what if no one's watching
what if when we're dead, we are just dead
what if there's no time to lose
what if there's things we gotta do
things that need to be said

you know i can't apologize
for everything i know
i mean you don't have to agree with me
but once you get me going
you better just let me go
we have to be able to criticize
what we love
say what we have to say
'cause if you're not trying to make something better
then as far as i can tell
you are just in the way

what if no one's watching ~ Ani Difranco

[hermitfish]

linked word = candy

If lust and hate is the candy
If blood and love tastes so sweet
Then we give 'em what they want

10,000 Maniacs - "Candy Everyone Wants"

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

linked word = sweet

What did you say?
I know I saw you singing
But my ears won't stop ringing
Long enough to hear
Those sweet words
What did you say?

End of the day
The hour hand has spun
But before the night is done
I just have to hear
Those sweet words
Spoken like a melody

Norah Jones - Those sweet words

[justin]

linked word = long

The winter here’s cold, and bitter
It’s chilled us to the bone
We haven’t seen the sun for weeks
To long too far from home
I feel just like I’m sinking
And I claw for solid ground
I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go
If all of the strength and all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace

Full of Grace - Sarah McLachlan

[Tues]

linked words - love, feel

Love somebody
Save their soul
Tie them to your heaven
Erase their hell
Save their lifestyle if you feel it
Don't try to change them
You never will

“Long Distance Winner” – Buckingham Nicks

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

linked word - heaven

I wanna be inside your heaven
Take me to the place you cry from
When the storm blows your way
I wanna be the earth that holds you
Every bit of air you’re breathing in
A soothing wind
I wanna be inside your heaven

Inside Your Heaven - Carrie Underwood

[justin]

linked word = earth


When I feel alone
I reach for you
And you bring me home
When I'm lost at sea
I hear your voice
And it carries me

In this world we're just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby I was afraid before
But I'm not afraid anymore

Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth ?
Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We'll make heaven a place on earth
Ooh heaven is a place on earth

Heaven is a place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

linked words - home, sea

Creeping up the blind side, shinning up the wall
stealing through the dark of night
Climbing through a window, stepping to the floor
checking to the left and the right
Picking up the pieces, putting them away
something doesn't feel quite right

Help me someone, let me out of here
then out of the dark was suddenly heard
"Welcome to the home by the sea"


Home By The Sea - Genesis

[Auburn]

Linked word = Angels

I sit and wait
does an angel contemplate my fate
and do they know
the places where we go
when we´re grey and old
´cos I´ve been told
that salvation lets their wings unfold
so when I’m lying in my bed
thoughts running through my head
and I feel that love is dead
I’m loving angels instead

Robbie Williams - Angels

[hermitfish]

linked world = left

I left the only home I knew
I stayed alive and I found you
Now I take you where the water's deep
And make the air you breathe so sweet

But is it not enough to be complete? Please?
Let me give you everything you need, please?

We found a way, we found a street
Directions sweat under the sheets
And I let you have it, let you have it

Mirah - "Cold Cold Water"

[kisstheviolets]

a most excellent song choice, cyd - mirah is one of my all-time faves. here's another of hers.

Linked word: sheets

I know you're there
I wish you'd talk
Should I stay on,
Or should I get off?

Roll over to me
Roll over
Roll over to me
Roll over

But there is nothing I'd rather do
Than spend all day in the sack with you
I want to mess up my sheets with you
There is nothing I'd rather do

"100 Knives" - Mirah

[FineyMcFine]

linked word = me

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go

I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Peter, Paul and Mary - "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

[watty]

linked word =leaving

I could leave or I could stay,
It doesn't make a bit of difference any more anyway,
With each and every circumstance,
I lose knowledge and gain innocence,
You won't find me grieving,
There's no regret in leaving,
When I had to come here,
Like I know I had to come here,
I can see I had to come here,
For my view to be clear.


"How far" -- Beth Orton
[br]

[the hero factor]

Linked word = come

Odd how the darkness always makes us whisper
And with the last of the sun
You can feel the approach of the winter
Now is the time of each day
That I desperately miss her
I suppose I will learn how to live my life without her

So you're drinking for the pleasure of falling
And you're falling for the pleasure of pretending
That I'm sitting by the window waiting
For you to come calling

"Come Calling" -Cowboy Junkies

[justin]

linked word = help

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.

Help - The Beatles

[Tiggrscorpio]

Linked word - you

That I would be good even if I did nothing
That I would be good even if I got the thumbs down
That I would be good if I got and stayed sick
That I would be good even if I gained ten pounds

That I would be fine even if I went bankrupt
That I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth
That I would be great if I was no longer queen
That I would be grand if I was not all-knowing

That I would be loved even when I numb myself
That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed
That I would be loved even when I was fuming
That I would be good even if I was clingy

That I would be good even if I lost sanity
That I would be good
Whether with or without you

That I Would Be Good - Alanis Morissette

[hermitfish]

linked word = good

I won't apologize
I won't be guilty
And I won't be your little puppet
I'm clean
Not like their filthy green
I'll find my way
I'll find my way
You're, you're gonna see

When the ride
Feels low, dark and hard
Know that everything always changes
That's the good news
That's the bad news

Jennifer Terran - "The Ride"

[FineyMcFine]

Linked word = I'm

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far that we can't be found
And throw "I love you" echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night till they come back around
Please come to Denver
She said "No. Boy, would you come home to me?"

And she said, "Hey ramblin' boy why don't cha settle down?
Denver ain't your kinda town
There ain't no gold and there ain't nobody like me
'Cause I'm the number one fan of the man from Tennessee"

Dave Loggins, "Please Come to Boston"

[justin]

linked word = man

I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go there's no stopping me
I'm burning through the sky yeah
Two hundred degrees that's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit
I'm travelling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you

Don't stop me now
I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball
Don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call
Don't stop me now
'cause I'm having a good time
Don't stop me now
Yes I'm having a good time
I don't wanna stop at all

Don't stop me now - Queen