Shuffle meme

[biblesalesman]

Can we keep this going.?
This is quite fun.
How to play
Ipod on Shuffle
First 20 lines from first 20 songs make up your poem/song.
21st song/1st line is the title.

[theblondette]

I am glad my game is liked enough to bring it over!

[salparadise]

I Count to Three and Grin

We live in a lie
I let go of the world that was holding
Prayed in the ghetto with my face in the cement
I could be the perfect lover if you let me

She'll let you in her house
Just throw it back for one more night
I caught you knocking at my cellar door
They're waiting to hate you

Drove downtown in the rain
There's something about horses
I took a drive today
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young

I backed my car into a cop car the other day
I don't know where the evening's gone
I don't know just where I'm going
Gonna shine up my boots

I'm always thinking of someone new
There's an island hidden in the sound
She called me late last night, to say she loved me so
I walked around my good intentions


Some parts in the middle worked out in an interesting way, but in the end nothing makes much sense at all.

[toastie]

Roseability

Bad boys,
We hope you enjoy your stay,
Have you been to the carnival?
Money men mill about Monday morning.
I get home from work and you're still standing in your dressing gown.

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train,
Outside, it's windy and stormy weather.
Look at me, look at me,
I'm a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm.

Songs when the truth are all dedicated to you,
Cheat the odds that made you.
I'm not sure if there's a point to this story,
I'll sing it one last time for you.

The guys are feeling good about their liquor run,
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields.
Rosemary, heaven restores you in life.

Hey there Delilah,
He broke your heart.
What about the night,
But you don't love me the way that, I love you.

[essbee]

We Get High in Backseats of Cars

Keep believing the things that you tell yourself
I wanna tell you bout my good thing
Born to hold your breath
A flask I drink of sober tea
There's a place out on the edge of town, sir

You walk into the room
She said always remember
If you can play on a fiddle
I’m working on my backwards walk
I slipped away

I have your good clothes in the car
Baby, I’ve been breaking glass in your room again
I just met Huston
Flying birds
In the next world war

We're goin' down the road towards tiny cities made of ashes
Grown inside a plastic box
Til the end of me
Oh, oh oh oh oh oh, you don’t have to go
Frankly, Mr. Shankly

[Jersey]

Dec 1, 2008 12:49:51 GMT -5 theblondette said:

I am glad my game is liked enough to bring it over!

Oh we love yr game, blondette

Bring it over!

[theblondette]

*tuts at Mike*

[parock]

Dec 1, 2008 13:40:42 GMT -5 essbee said:

We Get High in Backseats of Cars


I’m working on my backwards walk

Best song on the album.

[Matt Jones]

"It's always funny in the morning."

We cannot work out what has to be said
I don't belong here said Old tessa out loud.
Well I can't tell you anything
Her cheeks burn like a blowtorch.

Oh my god, I can't believe it
Queen of light took her bow
I'm sitting on the roof of my house
There is no consolation prize

We're pulling off heists, and putting on wigs
Pull our pockets inside out.
Choose from any number of magazines
Say when you're alone it's better because nobody knows you.

Today. You were far away.
Hey everybody, where did Mary go?
Oh Mommy, she touched me mommy.
I'm rolling thunder, pourin' rain.

Have one of those days when you wanna try Heroin?
I guess I met her at the party pit.
What are you girls gonna tell your mother?
By the way you brought me here.

[essbee]

Dec 1, 2008 18:44:36 GMT -5 parock said:

Dec 1, 2008 13:40:42 GMT -5 essbee said:

We Get High in Backseats of Cars


I’m working on my backwards walk

Best song on the album.

It's my favourite.

[hoodrat]

alright now listen baby

too many problems, oh, why am i here
if not for you, babe i couldn’t find the door.
get down, get down.
try and breathe some life into a letter.
i wish you 12 lengths of peace and quiet

wendy left me all alone
this week's catch, from last week's grass
on a hill far away stood an old rugged cross.
she said meet me at the gates at 8
running from the truth for all my life

when you wish upon a star
well if you’re travelin’ in the north country far
cats are neat
be calm, be quiet
ada don’t talk about reasons why you don’t want to talk about reasons

do you remember dear, i do.
its Christmas, mary.
yeah, everything thermals,
o isis und osiris, welche wonne!
he’s got your number now.

[Camie]

Hey were did we go

Hmm, now this is very interesting really
Light beams through
Lobotomy, Lobotomy
Hallelujah came to in the confession booth
Swinging on my swing set I am a wishin'

I've been thinking about you for so long
Its a tragedy in waiting
You never kept me waiting
I conjure up the phone
Tale as old as time

Life's like this
Harry taught me how to stick it to the man
She says always remember never to trust me
It's been a hard days night
His eyes they close

I decided to take a nap underneith the whomping willow tree
You can't resist her
You don't have to deal with the dealers
Rain falls quickly wetting my hair
When I was first introduced to you.

[meoskop]

Isn't this the method Bowie used for the Adler diaries?

I hate my family, hate my school, speed limits and the golden rule

Crazy, crazy, I'm the boy
So giving all the love you have,
Hello honey, hope I didn't wake you up...
I'm stepping down Sunday Street, arm in arm with Mary Lou Morrow
I shake.

I hate to see evening sun go down,
Wanted man in California.
All you gotta do is look at me -
I speak from some sort of protection of learning
On the windy beach the sun is shining through with weather fair.

I want to be your lover
(Sheltering her ego on the edge of a floodlit arc)
A weakling weighing ninety-eight pounds.
You think you know what makes me happy?
We got to.

India, I want to offer up my weapon.
I'm tongue tied,
Did you ever see the faces of the children? They get so excited -
Baby, let's cruise.
You have to swear.

[lilhan]

i will do this at somepoint... i love lyrics games!!

[toastie]

Dec 2, 2008 1:47:13 GMT -5 meoskop said:

Isn't this the method Bowie used for the Adler diaries?

I thought it was newspaper clippings.

[JonnyJay]

Forward

There was a guy,
East and west could not agree.
Is there a photo of me on your wall?
They've come to find you, Odalisque.

When your mother sends back all your invitations
You are an 18 year old girl.
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts.
I roll the window down, and then begin to breathe.

It's all gonna break.
Tiny hands, recycled cans.
Went out last night, streets were empty.
A little bit closer, I know you're not bashful.

Day after day,
I'm considering religion.
You say you want a revolution.
Education, fornication, in you are, GO!

I slept as if I never were.
For once in my life, I've got something to say.
Sold my cold knot.
In the morning I'd awake, and I could not remember.


I love this, random elements strung together to form something strangely autobiographical.

[missalabamanobody]

Shut Out the World, You Can Do It


Honey, take care of the children
They said, "Release Remote Control"
And we invite you, wherever you are
So, it's how the story goes
It was raining outside

Shadows growing so long before my eyes
Walking south along the river
Shangri-la out on the west side
She's always funny in the morning

Swarm 'round the hive, sweet honey bee
My bodyguard shows a revolver
The hours creep across her face
Calm down and get straight

I need a second just to catch my breath
Crossing the bridge where many lean to see
You've been checking on my facts
Open your eyes now

[bigontheinside]

I don't think you understand
Everything I remember
You fill the hole that pierced my soul
Come and I'll take you under

Pull out the bunting, she made em one by one
It's closing time and its getting late
Yeah, you've been alone
Born down in the dead man's town

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaahhhhyeah!
All through the night they begin to take shape
Can't stop addicted to the shindig
I think I'll go on a walkabout

there was a stage and a piet
Girl, tonight we're make love
If they ask about charlemagne, be polite and say something vague, like
"What's wrong with the people today?"

They looked in the whitehouse in capital hill
You say the same things every night
Late sunday evening
Her parents named her Hallaleuja...

Ok, so that didn't really work.
And i can't spell halleleuja, obviously.
or maybe i can. no.
the killer parties bit merging into the next line worked well though i think.

[essbee]

I Will Wake Up Tomorrow

Once upon a time when we were friends
(Tick tick time it don't mean nothing)
There was something in the envelope she passed him
(C'mon motherfucker, put your clothes on, c'mon)

Scarecrow in a pale dress
(Knew I was never going to talk to you tomorrow)
Can you stay next to me?
(Vive en me, si solo vive en mi)

You always told me you wanted something more
(When she said don't waste your words, they're just lies)

Standing in a dream
(C'est quoi cette lumière, juste au-dessus de moi?)
Light up with me, my dear

I heard it from a friend
(Strollin', while strollin' through the park)
Mr. Big Stuff, who do you think you are?

When the rain comes they run and hide their heads
(She wears secrets in her hair)
I could feel at the time there was no way of knowing
(Cruisin' in the sunshine)



This one started really strong with the "Once upon a time." And I really love the "What's this light right over my head?" followed by "Light up with me, my dear." Then it kind ... of ... fizzles ... out ...

[nosferatu]

Working On A Sex Farm

Darkness of night, the moon shinin' bright
Well I found a girl, I should maybe use my lines
When the night has come, and the land is dark
See red but I call myself up
They tell us autumn's a comin' and soon everything around us will die

The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back
I got green and I got blues
Thinkin' bout the times you drove in my car
At the centre of the world
Four walls just lock us in

Oh, see the storm is threatening
He's the old school
There's no time like the present
You barged into this a lie
Sweet Jamaica man a I and I land that

Jet plane in a rocking chair
Up every morning just to keep a job
See you around as a friend, eight days the same
Here comes a dot in the evenin' sky
Where might I find my resting place?



bleak.

[emily]

I've Got a Lot of Old Friends That are Getting Back in Touch

The sirens rising
Open the doors let the people in
We do this for us
My girl is the queen of the savages

Now that I can release my tension
Meet me in the morning
Mirror, mirror
The silicon chip inside her head

Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
When you cried as a little baby
The wicked walk amongst us
Persuaded, paraded, inebriated and down

Got me a movie I want you to know
Washington, D.C. it's paradise to me
I need a camera to my eye
She's my woman of gold and she's not very old

[something relevant.]

Dec 3, 2008 10:31:51 GMT -5 essbee said:

Scarecrow in a pale dress

I was in the crowd for that music video!

[lilhan]

When all the dark clouds roll away

Look at earth from outer space
I’m all washed out by the side of the road
Once I had my heroes, once I had my dreams
These are my hands, these are brick walls
I fell on the playing field

North to South, empty
It’s who dares wins in the city
You came waltzing in where the love had been
Night time slows, raindrops flash rainbows
I guess I met her at the party pit

The king of the jungle
Years ago my heart was set to live
There’s a chance one of us will give in soon
We danced together on the roof of the party
She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge

Don’t start that talking
No one knows what it’s like to be the bad man
This is where we fall from the tree
He left no time to regret
It always tears apart of me

[killersapphire]

-In Steep Cliffs-

I'm heavy-handed, to say the least
I'll be grazing by your window, please come pat me on the head
I'm in a golden age, a great calendar page
Like flames
Stop making the eyes at me, I'll stop making the eyes at you

And here's to the judges of John Roberts
Stir it up, little darling
Don't it make you smile
If I keep holding out will the light shine through?
My song is love

He could've tuned in, tuned in, but he tuned out
I was lying on the grass of Sunday morning of last week
Up here in my tree
Won't decide, but he won't debate
You'll find it hiding in shadows

If my man was fighting some unholy war
Here come old flattop, he come groovin up slowly
You broke my heart, cause I couldn't dance
Freezing, rests his head on a pillow made of concrete
He seems to be completely unreceptive

Weird, to say the least.

[essbee]

I've Seen the End of the Day Come Too Soon

So rough, so tough
Pay close attention
You still describe it as your latest undertaking
Hour follows hour like water follows water
I walked down to the ocean

Holly wore a string around her finger
Lord, I'm discouraged
Where's Willie John?
Just one kiss will make it better
Lights out

Once I thought I would be king
Sie sagt sie ist so unerfahren
I wish that I could make myself
I guess it starts with the Sharks
Est-il bien nécessaire de me dire vous plutôt que tu?

He's a what? He's a what? He's a newspaper man!
If you want to write a letter, write a letter
Corrina, Corrina, gal, where you been so long?
The sky's not blue beyond what I can see
So you set out on your own