Category: music

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

To all things housed in her silence
Nature offers a violence
The bear that keeps to his own line
The wolf that seeks always his own kind
The world that hardens as the harsher winter holds
The parent forced to eat its young before it grows

Every bird, gone unheard
Starving where the ground has froze
The winter sunrise, red on white
Like blood upon the snow
Like blood upon the snow

The ground walked here is a wonder
It ceases never to hunger
And all things nature’s given
She takes all things back from the living

I’ve walked the earth and there are so few here that know
How dark the night and just how cold the wind can blow
I’ve no more hunger now to see where the road will go
I’ve no more kept my warmth
Than blood upon the snow
Blood upon the snow
Blood upon the snow
Blood upon the snow

It’s not my arms that will fail me
But this world takes more strength than it gave me
The trees deny themselves nothing that makes them grow
No rain fall, no sunshine
No blood upon the snow
Blood upon the snow
Blood upon the snow
Blood upon the snow

To all things housed in her silence
Nature offers a violence

My 2 cents –

This is such a lovely song. It feels more like a poem being sung than a song to me.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

[Verse 1]
Gazing through the window at the world outside
Wondering will mother earth survive
Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her sometime

[Verse 2]
After all, there’s only just the two of us
And here we are still fighting for our lives
Watching all of history repeat itself time after time

[Chorus]
I’m just a dreamer
I dream my life away
I’m just a dreamer
Who dreams of better days

[Verse 3]
I watch the sun go down like everyone of us
I’m hoping that the dawn will bring a sign
A better place for those who will come after us this time

[Chorus]
I’m just a dreamer
I dream my life away, oh yeah
I’m just a dreamer
Who dreams of better days

[Bridge]
Your higher power may be God or Jesus Christ
It doesn’t really matter much to me
Without each other’s help there ain’t no hope for us
I’m living in a dream of fantasy, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 4]
If only we could all just find serenity
It would be nice if we could live as one
When will all this anger, hate and bigotry be gone?

[Chorus]
I’m just a dreamer
I dream my life away, today
I’m just a dreamer
Who dreams of better days, okay
I’m just a dreamer
Who’s searching for the way, today
I’m just a dreamer
Dreaming my life away, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

My 2 cents –

I notice the celebrity deaths…I can’t help it. This one hurts, but I am grateful that he was able to do a goodbye concert. It feels like he went out on his own terms. I realize that everyone’s playing Mama I’m coming home … I understand the reason why , and I love that song but I feel like he had such a good discography that I wanted to share a different one. Ozzy was a legend . I cannot help but pay tribute to that. May he rest well and his memory be a blessing.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

Who’s sorry now?
Who’s sorry now?
Whose heart is achin’ for breakin’ each vow?
Who’s sad and blue? Who’s cryin’ too?
Just like I cried over you

Right to the end
Just like a friend
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way
Now you must pay
I’m glad that you’re sorry now

Right to the end
Just like a friend
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way
Now you must pay
I’m glad that you’re sorry now

My 2 cents –

I notice the celebrity deaths…I can’t help it. I remember listening to Connie Francis as a teen. (One of my Aunts really liked the 50’s rock.) I come by my eclectic music tastes naturally. She wasn’t one of the ones that I listened to relentlessly but I did like a few of the songs. I cannot help but pay tribute to that. May she rest well and her memory be a blessing.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

I can see you’re strugglin’
Promise you’ll find love again
Yeah, it will be alright
Why are you so hard on yourself?
Yeah, why you gotta try so hard?
Counting calories and carbs
Another trip across the world
I go so hard tryna
Make you feel just like a queen
You don’t need a camera to make a scene
You were born like that, no Maybelline
When you first wake up, you’re bad to me
Pop another Addy, no sleep tonight
Can’t push the wheel slow, I’m speedin’ right
Over to the crib ’cause we need to slide
But you take so long makin’ up your mind
Little black dress, Dior bag
Can leave ten times, I’ll take you back
Why you wanna look like someone else?
Why are you so hard on yourself?
I can see you’re strugglin’
Promise you’ll find love again
Yeah, it will be alright
Why are you so hard on yourself?
Try not to fall apart
You’re perfect just the way you are
It will be alright
Why are you so hard on yourself?
Why you gotta compare our lives
To pics you see on your timeline?
Another shot of Hennessy
I try so hard not to
Act like a dick when I’m ’round your friends
Mood swings up and down again
Hollywood Hills, where we play pretend
No one happy, but they’re good at fakin’ it
Pop up in the party, show face tonight
I don’t really smoke, but I need the vibes
She love to get high, she need the flights
Standin’ so high, swear she could fly
And just like that, you get sad
Let’s go home, girl, this party’s so wack
Why you wanna be like someone else?
Why are you so hard on yourself?
I can see you’re strugglin’ (yeah)
Promise you’ll find love again
Yeah, it will be alright (it’ll be alright)
Why are you so hard on yourself? (Yeah)
Try not to fall apart
You’re perfect just the way you are
It will be alright
Why are you so hard on yourself? (Oh)
Girl, when you look in a mirror
I hope you see what I see clearer, yeah
All that I want you to know
Is that you’re perfect the way that you are
Oh, the way you are (oh, the way you are)
Oh-oh, ooh
Oh, why are you so hard on yourself?
I can see you’re strugglin’
Promise you’ll find love again
Yeah, it will be alright
Why are you so hard on yourself?
Try not to fall apart
You’re perfect just the way you are
It will be alright
Why are you so hard on yourself?
Oh-oh, oh-oh (yeah)
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

My 2 cents –

I myself have felt like this. on both sides of the song. I am sure that others have too.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

intro
Keep movin′ on


verse
Don’t bother askin′ me to ever give my lady up
Was about five years old, takin’ my first puff
It was love at first light, fell in love the first night
My uncle told me, “Don’t rush, this could be your first crush”
Now I′m on the block with all the homies, and it′s a family affair
17 with a dream, blowin’ smoke in the air
Servin′ fiends, my routine is where I was that year
Avoidin’ ′em fuckin’ pandas in my rearview mirror
County blues, wanna lose shit, I′m with all of my peers
Lookin’ back, I wouldn’t change shit, oh what a career
I used to flip bags with her (yeah), skip class with her (yeah)
She′s comfortable as fuck when I′m tryna smash with her
She got a lotta fans, and they’re always harassin′ us
Ashes to ash to dust, feels like I’m Lazarus
I can′t get past the rush, never pass her up
Who took this bitch worldwide? Nigga, we’re gassin′ up, now is the


chorus
Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain
Even before the fame, she was my Novacane
You know it ain’t gon’ change, ′cause now
I feel summer creepin′ in, and I’m tired of this town again
And if the truth remains that it just ain′t the same
Without my Lois Lane by my side


verse
I’ve seen some things in my life, it feels like ragin′ inside
This time I’m changin′ my mind, I’m sayin’ goodbye to the dangerous side
Sometimes you gotta roll with it, fightin′ fire is a damn cold finesse
Somehow she came in my life
Between the white lines and made it alright (well alright)
And everything she ever told me, knew it from the get-go, yes I did (yes I did)
And if I gotta grab a can of gasoline, strike a match, I′ma burn that bridge
It’s so unfair what she did to me, the way she sparked this epiphany
I tried to walk away, but I′m stumblin’, whole world crumblin′
Some things never change, but now it’s my


chorus
Last dance with Mary Jane (this is my last dance), one more time to kill the pain
Even before the fame, she was my Novacane
You know it ain′t gon’ change, ’cause now
I feel summer creepin′ in (I feel it comin′), and I’m tired of this town again
And yet the truth remains that it just ain′t the same without my Lois Lane by my side


outro
Mm-mm-mm, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mm-mm-mm, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Keep movin’ on

My 2 cents –

the video is so trippy. I love the original version but I like this one too.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

Born down in a dead man’s town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says “Son if it was up to me”
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said “Son, don’t you understand”

I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the Viet Cong
They’re still there, he’s all gone

He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I’m ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain’t got nowhere to go

Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I’m a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I’m a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.

My 2 cents –

This is one of the most misunderstood songs. I have heard quite a few people lately asking about protest songs, And I can probably do that and nothing else for years, as music is good for expressing reality in a manageable way. So many people see this as a patriotic song…I see it as a lament. Perhaps the antiwar songs will be making my blog more in the future…after all I fear that is the direction that the US is going.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

There are no more tears to cry
I heard you beggin’ for life
Runnin’ out of medicine
You’re worse than you’ve ever been

screamin’ for me, baby
(Ah-ah) like you’re gonna die
(Ah-ah) poison on the inside
I could be your antidote tonight
(Ah-ah) screamin’ for me, baby
(Ah-ah) like you’re gonna die
(Ah-ah) poison on the inside
I could be your antidote tonight

I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease
If you were a sinner, I could make you believe
Lay you down like one, two, three
Eyes roll back in ecstasy
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya (cure)
Cure your disease

You’re so tortured when you sleep
Plagued with all your memories
You reach out, and no one’s there
Like a god without a prayer

screamin’ for me, baby
(Ah-ah) like you’re gonna die
(Ah-ah) poison on the inside
I could be your antidote tonight
(Ah-ah) screamin’ for me, baby
(Ah-ah) like you’re gonna die
(Ah-ah) poison on the inside
I could be your antidote tonight

I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease
If you were a sinner, I could make you believe
Lay you down like one, two, three
Eyes roll back in ecstasy
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya (cure)
Cure your disease

cure your disease
(Ah)
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya

Bring me your desire, I can cure your disease
If you were a sinner, I could make you believe
Lay you down like one, two, three
Eyes roll back in ecstasy
I know all your secrets, I can cure ya, oh
Cure your disease

cure your disease
(Ah) cure ya
(Ah)
I can smell your sickness, I can cure ya
I can cure your disease
(Ah) cure your disease
(Ah) cure your disease
(Ah) ooh
(Ah) ooh

My 2 cents –

I find myself with no doubts that she could do something….but maybe not cure the issues I have. Still the song is definitely worth listening to.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

The beautiful poem by miss Sylvia Plath
The tulips are too excitable, it is winter here.
Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in.
I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly
As the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands.
I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions.
I have given my name and my day-clothes up to the nurses
And my history to the anesthetist and my body to surgeons.
They have propped my head between the pillow and the sheet-cuff
Like an eye between two white lids that will not shut.
Stupid pupil, it has to take everything in.
The nurses pass and pass, they are no trouble,
They pass the way gulls pass inland in their white caps,
Doing things with their hands, one just the same as another,
So it is impossible to tell how many there are.
My body is a pebble to them, they tend it as water
Tends to the pebbles it must run over, smoothing them gently.
They bring me numbness in their bright needles, they bring me sleep.
Now I have lost myself I am sick of baggage——
My patent leather overnight case like a black pillbox,
My husband and child smiling out of the family photo;
Their smiles catch onto my skin, little smiling hooks.

My 2 cents –

Okay I know that this is a poem…being sung to music. But I love Sylvia Plath and I couldn’t Resist Sharing it. It is so pretty.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

[Verse 1]
Take me back to old Yazoo
Everything up here is new
I can’t stand it, just must landed
Going back to Old Yazoo

[Verse 2]
Everything you do
People got their eyes on you
It’s compelling, y’have me yelling
Going back to Old Yazoo

[Bridge]
If you don’t like beans and rice
Get your rice and beans
If you don’t like greens and ham
Just get your ham and greens

[Verse 3]
How long will I have you wait?
Standing at the station gate
Broken hearted, gotta get started
Going back to Old Yazoo

[Chorus]
Oh, take me back to Old Yazoo
Everything up here is new
I can’t stand it, just must landed
Going back to Old Yazoo
Everything you do
Peoplе got their eyes on you
It’s compеlling, y’have me yelling
“Take me back to Old Yazoo”

[Post-Chorus]
If you don’t like beans and rice
Get your rice and beans
If you don’t like greens and ham
Just get your ham and greens
Lordy, lordy

[Verse 4]
How long will I have to wait
Standing at the station gate
I’m broken hearted
Gotta get started
Going back to old Yazoo

[Refrain]
Yazoo (Yazoo)
Yazoo (Yazoo)
Yazoo (Yazoo)
Yazoo (Yazoo)
I am going to Yazoo, that’s where I belong
Everything I tell you seems to be all wrong
Yazoo (Yazoo)
Yazoo (Yazoo)

[Vocalizing Interlude]

[Outro]
Going back to old Yazoo
(Going back to old Yazoo)

My 2 cents –

My son felt like this was a silly song. To me it feels like old Jazz. It has a lovely feel to it. And it is different than the music you hear today.

Tuesday Tunes

Lyrics –

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
Yet, I know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you’ll do
You’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream

La-la, la-la, la, ah, ah, ah
But if I know you, I know what you’ll do
You’ll love me at once
The way you did once upon a dream

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream
I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam
And I know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you, I know what you’ll do
You’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream

My 2 cents –

This version has a dreamy feel to it. I love the song overall, but this one suits the song better.