Highway 61 Revisited

Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?"
God says, "Out on Highway 61."

Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose
Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes
He asked poor Howard where can I go
Howard said there's only one place I know
Sam said tell me quick man I got to run
Ol' Howard just pointed with his gun
And said that way down on Highway 61.

Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King
I got forty red white and blue shoe strings
And a thousand telephones that don't ring
Do you know where I can get rid of these things
And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son
And he said yes I think it can be easily done
Just take everything down to Highway 61.

Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night
Told the first father that things weren't right
My complexion she said is much too white
He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you're right
Let me tell the second mother this has been done
But the second mother was with the seventh son
And they were both out on Highway 61.

Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored
He was tryin' to create a next world war
He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor
He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before
But yes I think it can be very easily done
We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun
And have it on Highway 61.

(Bob Dylan)

You Got Me

If you were worried 'bout where
I been or who I saw or
what club I went to with my homies
baby don't worry you know that you got me

Somebody told me that this planet was small
we use to live in the same building on the same floor
and never met before
until I'm overseas on tour
and peep this ethiopian queen from philly
taking classes abroad
she studying film and photo flash focus record
said she workin on a flick and
could my click do the score
she said she loved my show in paris
at Elysee Montmartre
and that I stepped off the stage
and took a piece of her heart
we knew from the start that
things fall apart, intentions shatter
she like that shit don't matter
when I get home get at her
through letter, phone, whatever
let's link, let's get together
shit you think not, think the Thought went home and forgot
time passed, we back in philly now she up in my spa
tellin me the things I'm tellin her is makin her hot
startin buildin with her constantly round the clock
now she in my world like hip-hop
and keep tellin me

If you were worried 'bout where
I been or who I saw or
what club I went to with my homies
baby don't worry you know that you got me

Yo, I'm the type that's always catchin a flight
and sometimes I gotta be out at the height of the night
and that's when she flip and get on some 'ol

Another lonely night
seems like I'm on the side you only loving your mic
I know you gotta get that paper daddy keep that shit tight
but yo I need some sort of love in my life, you dig me
while politicin with my sister from new york city
she said she know this ball player and he think I'm pretty
Psych, I'm playin boo, you know it's just wit you I'm stayin boo
and when cats be poppin game I don't hear what they sayin boo
when you out there in the world, I'm still your girl
with all my classes I don't have the time for life's thrills
so when you sweatin on stage think of me when you rhyme
and don't be listenin to your homies they be leavin you blind

Yeah, so what you sayin I can trust you?
Is you crazy, you my king for real
But sometimes relationships get ill
No doubt

If you were worried 'bout where
I been or who I saw or
what club I went to with my homies
baby don't worry you know that you got me

Thet snake could be that chick
and that rat could be that cool cat
that's whispering "she tryin to play you for the fool Black"
if something's on your chest then let it be known
see I'm not your every five minutes all on the phone
and on the topic of trust, it's just a matter of fact
that people bite back and fracture what's intact
and they'll forever be I ain't on some "oh I'm a celebrity"
I deal with the real so if it's artificial let it be
I've seen people caught in love like whirlwinds
listening to they squads and listening to girlfriends
that's exactly the point where they whole world ends
lies come in, that's where that drama begins, she like

If you were worried 'bout where
I been or who I saw or
what club I went to with my homies
baby don't worry you know that you got me

(The Roots featuring Erykah Badu)

Light a Rainbow

i need to have you near me
in a time when nothing´s lasting long
and i need to feel you close to me
as my lover, i need to keep you warm
´cause my life is so unreal without you
you are an angel, i see you passing by
and the voice that calls me under, baby
is a mother crying for her child,

when the sun lights a rainbow
of the tears of joy, i cry for you
and the dreamers, dream forever
then i know, i´ll be here with you

like a riverboat at open sea
on a tide, free of rock and land
it leads me to surrender, baby
as a wave, draining in the sand

when the sun lights a rainbow
of the tears of joy, i cry for you
and the dreamers, dream forever
then i know, i´ll be here with you

(Tukan)

Dream Machine

what are you thinking of
what are you doing
what do you think you can do
what you are
what you do
looking out at
ripples on the dance floor
what do you mean
is what you get
did you forget to know
what the end is
to begin
clearing
looking out
at ripples on the dance floor

dream machine
did you get
everything you asked for
dream machine
rattlesnake
a charm on the dance floor

love's rage
broken page
electric lights
and glass bone nights
electric lines run
through your minds
distractions with radio contraptions
pipe ashes
night glasses
tick tock
hear the wind lick
the window
ignited
you're invited
grow wings
sprouting from the backbone

dream machine
mister jones
you don't know what you came for
dream machine
rattlesnake
a charm on the dance floor

we are like those two
mirrors
steaming in the rain
we are those two
lovers
holding each other's hands
dream
with me
rattlesnake
a charm on the dance floor

(Mark Farina)

The Crystal Ship

Before you slip into unconsciousness
I'd like to have another kiss
Another flashing chance at bliss
Another kiss, another kiss

The days are bright and filled with pain
Enclose me in your gentle rain
The time you ran was too insane
We'll meet again, we'll meet again

Oh tell me where your freedom lies
The streets are fields that never die
Deliver me from reasons why
You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly

The crystal ship is being filled
A thousand girls, a thousand thrills
A million ways to spend your time
When we get back, I'll drop a line

(The Doors)

Nude

Don't get big ideas
They're not gonna happen
You paint yourself white
And fill in the noise
There'll be something missing
Now that you found it
It's gone
Now that you feel it
You don't
It's gone forever

So don't get big ideas
They're not gonna happen
You'll go to Hell
For what your
Dirty mind is thinking

And now that you found it
It's gone
Now that you feel it
You don't
It's gone forever

(Radiohead)

Is There A Ghost

I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
when I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?

I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
I could sleep
when I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
when I lived alone
Is there a ghost in my house?
my house...

(Band Of Horses)

Traz Outro Amigo Também

Amigo
Maior que o pensamento
Por essa estrada amigo vem
Não percas tempo que o vento
É meu amigo também

Em terras
Em todas as fronteiras
Seja benvindo quem vier por bem
Se alguém houver que não queira
Trá-lo contigo também

Aqueles
Aqueles que ficaram
(Em toda a parte todo o mundo tem)
Em sonhos me visitaram
Traz outro amigo também

(Zeca Afonso)

Slide Away

No matter what you want
Do or say
I hope you make it to
Better days
If you're a junkie heart
Be reborn
And every dime in bag
Leave your home

If they don't get to you
Get to me
We're gonna walk a path
Ever free
And stare into the sun
Till we're blind
Destroying every thought
In our mind

What you say counts
What you say counts
Till you fall down
Black as the night you crashed apart
Till every piece was gone

No matter where you live
Where you've been
You found an open road
And a friend
If you're a peaceful soul
Peace will come
So don't you hide away
What you've done

What you say counts
What you say counts
Till you fall down
Black as the night you crashed apart
Till every piece was gone

Slide away
Now won't you
Slide away
Now won't you
Slide away
I want you all the way
I want you

Slide away
Now won't you
Slide away
Now won't you
Slide away
I want you all the way
I want you

Slide away
Now won't you
Slide away
Now won't you
Slide away
I want you all the way
I want you

Slide away

(Joseph Arthur)

Dans La Merco-Benz

Petite princesse ma beauté ma promesse
Ma petite faiblesse ma plus belle histoire de fesse
Dans ma mercedes c'est de l'espoir que je caresse
sovié supreme de mon plus beau probleme
Dans ton abdomen tout nouveau spécimene
Joue a la cremme c'est de l'espoir que je promene

Mon amour est lasse
le temps passe
Mon amour est lasse
le temps passe
Mon amour est lasse
le temps passe
Mon amour est lasse
le temps passe


Petite princesse c'est pas l'heure de la grandmesse
Charmante hotesse qu'as tu fait de ta jeunesse
Dans la merco-benz c'est de l'espoir que je caresse
Petite connasse pourquoi f'tu ta radasse
Petite pétasse qui montre rien en surface
qui veut qu'on l'embrasse encore
l'embrasse encore

Mon amour est lasse
le temps passe
Mon amour est lasse
le temps passe
Mon amour est lasse
le temps passe
le temps passe

Mon amour est lasse
Mon amour est lasse
le temp passe
dans la merco-benz

(Benjamin Biolay)

Hold Still

In this little town
cars they don't slow down
The lonely people here
They throw lonely stares
Into their lonely hearts

I watch the traffic lights
I drift on Christmas nights
I wanna set it straight
I wanna make it right
But girl you're so far away

Oh, hold still for a moment and I'll find you
I'm so close, I'm just a small step behind you girl
And I could hold you if you just stood still

I jaywalk through this town
I drop leaves on the ground
But lonely people here
Just gaze their eyes on air
And miss the autumn roar

I roam through traffic lights
I fade through Christmas nights
I wanna set it straight
I wanna make it right
But man you're so far away

Oh, I'll hold still for a moment so you'll find me
You're so close, I can feel you all around me boy
I know you're somewhere out there
I know you're somewhere out there

Oh, just hold still for a moment and I'll find you
You're so close, I can feel you all around me
And I could hold you if you just stood still
Oh, I'll hold still for a moment so you'll find me
I'm so close, I'm just a small step behind you
I know you're somewhere out there
I know you're somewhere out there
I know you're somewhere out there

(David Fonseca)

Society

Oh it's a mystery to me.
We have a greed, with which we have agreed...
and you think you have to want more than you need...
until you have it all, you won't be free.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

When you want more than you have, you think you need...
and when you think more then you want, your thoughts begin to bleed.
I think I need to find a bigger place...
cause when you have more than you think, you need more space.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed...
I hope you're not lonely, without me.

There's those thinkin' more or less, less is more,
but if less is more, how you keepin' score?
It means for every point you make, your level drops.
Kinda like you're startin' from the top...
and you can't do that.

Society, you're a crazy breed.
I hope you're not lonely, without me.
Society, crazy indeed...
I hope you're not lonely, without me
Society, have mercy on me.
I hope you're not angry, if I disagree.
Society, crazy indeed.
I hope you're not lonely...
without me.

(Eddie Vedder)

Merde À L'Amour

Je suis sortie
Ma belle enfant
Poser la question
En toute innocence
Le jour ou la nuit
Et toi tu dis oui
J'aime ta voix
Et moi, c'est moi

Tu es la plus belle
Tu es comme moi
Toi, tournes-toi
Sans rigolo
L'amour de Dieu
Moi je suis fou
J'aime la vie
Tu ris comme moi

Je pense à toi
Poupée jolie
Toi, tu sais pas
Je dis merde à l'amour !

Je n'ai jamais vu
Un vrai paradis
Refaire ma vie
Tu me dis que je t'aime
Mais toi, tu ne crois pas
Toi, tu ne sais pas
Je dis merde à l'amour

Dis mois tu voulais
Plus que tes yeux
À faire et refaire
J'aime l'amour
Tu es désert
Danse agitée
Jusque dans mes bras
Attendez là
Je ne veux pas

Je pense à toi
Poupée jolie
Toi, tu sais pas
Je dis merde à l'amour !

Et moi c'est moi
Un vrai paradis.

(Vive La Fête)

A Marriage Made in Heaven

She fell in love with my singing
She knew the bells started ringing
She thought there was only her there
But, me, I just live for the clapping
A hand delivery of an invite to my premiere
When he fell in love, I was acting
I sent her flowers, asked her to marry me
But all I heard was their clapping
Now she cries with a cigarrette at the window
He croons and moans like he's hurting
She cries so well
He croons and moans, just croons and moans
Now, I had no idea she needed direction
And he was at the mercy of his writers
For the songs I needed for me to touch her
Those sad, sad songs to make me happy
Now she cries with a cigarrette at the window
He croons and moans like he's hurting
She cries so well
He croons and moans, just croons and moans
We re-enact the love scenes from her/my movies
But I never thought, but she uses a stand-in
His voice is croakier every day now
And she cries so well

(Tinderticks com Isabella Rossellini)

Scenic World

the lights go on
the lights go off
when things don't feel right
i lie down like a tired dog
licking his wounds in the shade

when i feel alive
i try to imagine a careless life
a scenic world where the sunsets are all
breathtaking

(Beirut)

Babies

Well it happened years ago,
when you lived on Stanhope Road.
We listened to your sister,
when she came home from school,
cos she was two years older,
and she had boys in her room.
We listened outside and heard her.
Alright.
Well that was alright for a while,
but soon I wanted more.
I want to see as well as hear,
and so I hid inside her wardrobe.
And she came round four,
and she was with some kid called David,
from the garage up the road.
I listened outside I heard her.
Alright.

Oh I want to take you home.
I want to give you children.
You might be my girlfriend, yeah.

When I saw you next day,
I really couldn't tell,
cos you might go and tell your mother.
And so you went with Neve,
and Neve was coming on,
and I thought I heard you laughing,
when his Mum and Dad were gone.
I listened outside, I heard you.
Alright.

Oh I want to take you home.
I want to give you children.
You might be my girlfriend, yeah.

Well I guess it couldn't last too long.
I came home one day,
and all her things were gone,
I fell asleep inside.
I never heard her come.
And then she opened up her wardrobe,
and I had to get it on.
Oh, listen
we were on the bed when you came home,
I heard you stop outside the door.
I know you won't believe it's true,
I only went with her 'cos she looks like you.
Oh I want to take you home.
I want to give you children.
You might be my girlfriend, yeah.

(Pulp)

Outro Futuro

Eu nunca tentei
Eu nunca escondi
Eu nunca te amei
Eu nunca deixei
Mas nunca por ti
Nunca antevi
Nunca fiquei
A um passo de ti
Nunca me afastei
Para fora e nos vi
Para ver o quão longe
Estava de ti

Eu nunca dei um passo atrás
Que não fosse capaz
De um dia o emendar
Sonhar com outro futuro
Muito menos duro
Que nos ponha a brilhar

Eu nunca tentei
Eu nunca escondi
Eu nunca te amei
Eu nunca deixei
Mas nunca por ti
Nunca antevi
Nunca fiquei
A um passo de ti
Nunca me afastei
Para fora e nos vi
Para ver o quão longe
Estava de ti

Eu nunca dei um passo atrás
Que não fosse capaz
De um dia o emendar
Sonhar com outro futuro
Muito menos duro
Que nos ponha a brilhar

Dura um momento
Mas está bem
Não pertence a mais ninguém

Eu nunca dei um passo atrás
Que não fosse capaz
De um dia o emendar
Sonhar com outro futuro
Muito menos duro
Que nos ponha a brilhar

Querer dar mais um passo
Sem temer o fracasso
E por fim me entregar
Pressinto uma calma estranha
Que em mim se entranha
E deixa me descansar

Eu nunca dei um passo atrás
Que não fosse capaz
De um dia o emendar
Sonhar com outro futuro
Muito menos duro
Que nos ponha a brilhar

Querer dar mais um passo
Sem temer o fracasso
E por fim me entregar
Pressinto uma calma estranha
Que em mim se entranha
E deixa me descansar

Eu nunca dei um passo atrás
Que não fosse capaz
De um dia o emendar
Sonhar com outro futuro
Muito menos duro
Que nos ponha a brilhar

(Balla)

Heal Over

It isn't very difficult to see why
You are the way you are
Doesn't take a genius to realise
That sometimes life is hard
It's gonna take time
But you'll just have to wait
You're gonna be fine
But in the meantime

Come over here lady
Let me wipe your tears away
Come a little nearer baby
Coz you'll heal over
Heal over
Heal over someday

And I don't wanna hear you tell yourself
That these feelings are in the past
You know it doesn't mean they're off the shelf
Because pain's built to last
Everybody sails alone
But we can travel side by side
Even if you fail
You know that no one really minds
Come over here lady

Don't hold on but don't let go
I know it's so hard
You've got to try to trust yourself
I know it's so hard, so hard

Come over here lady
Let me wipe your tears away
Come a little nearer baby
Coz you'll heal over, heal over, heal over someday

(KT Tunstall)