Metropol 47 - Mark Kozelek (Original)

 

Flash your smile and face at me
Open your eyes wide at me
Lay down every day with me
Until the long gone days

Speak a native tongue to me
Say some funny things to me
Roll around and laugh with me
Until the long gone days

Take me around the city streets
Find us pretty things to eat
Find us something good to drink
But buy me one more day

One more day to know this place
To kiss your sweet koala face
To love you deep into the night
To feel you underneath me

Metropol 47 (demo) - Mark Kozelek

 

Flash your smile and face at me
Open your eyes wide at me
Lay down every day with me
Until the long gone days

Speak a native tongue to me
Say some funny things to me
Roll around and laugh with me
Until the long gone days

Take me around the city streets
Find us pretty things to eat
Find us something good to drink
But buy me one more day

One more day to know this place
To kiss your sweet koala face
To love you deep into the night
To feel you underneath me

Falling in Love Again (feat. Alison Krauss)

 

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can't help it

Love's always been my game
Play it how I may
I was made that way
Can't help it

Men cluster to me like moths around a flame
And if their wings burn, I know I'm not to blame

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can't help it

Fallin' in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can't help it

Love's always been my game
Play it how I may
I was made that way
Can't help it

Men cluster to me like moths around a flame
And if their wings burn, I know I'm not to blame

Fallin' in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can't help it

Men cluster to me like moths around a flame
And if their wings burn, I know I'm not to blame

Fallin' in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can't help it

Old Ryan Adams

 

Damn, he was good.  

CHRIS ISAAK - EXCEPT THE NEW GIRL

Drive your mustang down, to where you hang out
Alone without a friend
Girls walk by you, some in fact have tried you
But once they tried they never tried again
Except the new girl
Except the new girl
Alone and lonesome, trusting no one they say
You've never had a friend
People talk about you, they say they doubt you really
Ever let anybody in
Except the new girl
Except the new girl
I guess there's never been anyone
Except the new girl
Except the new girl
Last time I saw him, he was laughing
She was standing by his side
I've got a feeling, that they're still together
From the look that was in his eyes
There's no one
Except the new girl
Except the new girl
See him smile, he don't care
Says he loves her, and he'll always love her
See him smile, it seems fair
That he finally found her, finally hold her
There's no one
Except the new girl

Damien Jurado--Kola

 

I look back upon my time
See the snapshots of my life
You will not be suprised
See your name across my smile
See your name across my smile
And I will remember you
I will remember you
I will remember you
The way you are right now
The way you are right now
When I first came into view
I was older than you knew
Always going out of tune
Anytime you'd leave the room
Anytime you'd leave the room
And I will remember you
I will remember you
I will remember you
The way you are right now
The way you are right now
And I look back upon my time
See the snapshots of my life
You will not be suprised
See your name across my smile
See your name across my smile
And I will reemmber you
I will remember you
I will remember you
The way you are right now
The way you are right now

Chris Staples “Dark Side of the Moon”

I want to tell you a story
The only way that I can
I'm just replacing a man that came before me
One day the world is going to see
Another man replacing me
That's just the way it's got to be
It's always been that way

On the dark side of the moon
On the dark side of the moon

I want to love you
I want to pass it on
I want to give and give until it's all gone
I want to know you
While we have the time
Because that's all I got to leave behind

I want to love you
I want to pass it on
I want to give and give until it's all gone
I want to know you
While we have the time
Because that's all we got to leave behind

On the dark side of the moon
On the dark side of the moon

And when you stumble
You look the other way
And when you're riding high
Oh Lord, when you're riding high
They don't expect you to stay

I want to love you
I want to pass it on
I want to give and give until it's all gone
I want to know you
While we have the time
Because that's all I got to leave behind

I want to love you
I want to pass it on
I want to give and give until it's all gone
I want to know you
While we have the time
Because that's all we got to leave behind

On the dark side of the moon
On the dark side of the moon

Chris Staples - "Hold onto Something"

 

Well I told you everything that I could tell
But I guess I got a couple of words
That I have to take with me to hell
What do you expect a man like me to do?
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Somethings are made for breaking
Soon enough they're broke
Settling down into dust
Going up in smoke
Well what do you expect a man like me to do?
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on to you
Got to hold onto something
If I can't hold on

Lhasa de Sela - Love Came Here

There is no end to this story
No final tragedy or glory
Love came here and never left
Now that my heart is open
It can't be closed or broken
Love came here and never left
Now I'll have to live with loving you forever
Although our days of living life together
Of living life together are over
There's nothing here to throw away
I came to you in light of day
And love came here and never left
And love came here and never left

Koop - Koop Island Blues

 

Hello, my love
It's getting cold on this island
I'm sad alone
I'm so sad on my own
The truth is
We were much too young
Now I'm looking for you
Or anyone like you
We said goodbye
With a smile on our faces
Now you're alone
You're so sad on your own
The truth is
We ran out of time
Now you're looking for me
Or anyone like me
Hello, my love
It's getting cold on this island
I'm sad alone
I'm so sad on my own
The truth is
We were much too young
Now I'm looking for you
Or anyone like you

First Aid Kit--A Long Time Ago

 This is for a girl I know. 

I fell in love with you
Long before I knew
What it meant to give everything up
I was a rolling stone
Rolling my way alone
Till you came and made sense out of everything
But you couldn't wait
I couldn't promise you anything
If it was all a mistake
Then I guess we're both to blame
I could have been
So many things
But it would never be enough for you
I was the one
You counted on
But I was never the one for you
Now I know, I lost you a long time ago
City of strangers
Out of danger
In your arms, I was half awake, half asleep
Grab ahold to what I got
Regretting all that I'm not
I couldn't be the one who'd stand by your side
If it was all a mistake
Then I guess we're both to blame
I could have been
So many things
But it would never be enough for you
I was the one
You counted on
But I was never the one for you
Now I know, I lost you a long time ago
I hold no grudges
I come bearing forgiveness
Only love, only love
Even if it's not enough
Only love, only love
Even if it's not enough
Now I know, I lost you a long time ago
I could have been
So many things
But it would never be enough for you
I was the one
You counted on
But I was never the one for you
Now I know, I lost you a long time ago

Damien Jurado - Percy Faith (Official Video)

Mr. Percy Faith, is your masterpiece complete?
I'm in dire need of curing this headache
There are riots in the streets and
We're still not on the moon
And I hear that you've been
Taken from the airwaves
Joseph Raymond Conniff, I am writing from Seattle
Where they now have put a trademark on the rain
And having just arrived I am staying by the airport
It was tough to find a room at the Hyatt Inn
Alice in disguises
Bill Close taken hostage
"Dear Loretta, these are my demands"
I'll be selling Arizona to the next potential buyer
Who comes in from the north in search of sand
Mr. Allan Sherman, I am writing from the future
Where the people never look you in the eye
And there is no need to talk, and the
Sidewalks they walk for you
I know everything and yet no one at all

Greens of June--case/lang/veirs

 

Just in the moment
Everything's changed
My dark disposition
Has been rearranged
And what was I thinking
Out there on the ledge?
Your steady eyes pull me
Straight back from the edge
And all the greens of June
Come blowing through the door
They make me want to live
Like I never have before
From the oriental rug
You meet my gaze
And all my desperation
Retreats into the haze
And lilacs in the vase
Still got the life
By their witnesses
Perfume and light
And all the greens of June
Come blowing through the door
They make me want to live
Like I never have before
Just in the moment
Everything's changed
My dark disposition
Has been rearranged

The Unwelcome Guest--Billy Bragg and Wilco

 

To the rich man's bright lodges
I ride in this wind
On my good horse, I call you
My shiny black Bess
To the playhouse of fortune
To take the bright silver
And gold you have taken
From somebody else
And as we go riding
In the damp foggy midnight
You snort, my good pony
And you give me your best
For you know and I know
Good horse 'mongst the rich ones
How oftimes we go there
An unwelcome guest
I never took food
From the widows and orphans
And never a hardworking man I oppressed
So take your pace easy
For home soon like lightning
We soon will be riding
My shiny black Bess
No fat rich man's pony
Can ever overtake you
And there's not a rider
From the east to the west
Could hold you a light
In this dark mist and midnight
When the potbellied thieves
Chase the unwelcome guest
I don't know, good horse
As we trot in this dark here
That robbing the rich
Is for worse or for best
They take it by stealing
And lying and gambling
And I take it my way
My shiny Black Bess
I treat horses good
And I'm friendly to strangers
I ride and your running
Makes my guns talk the best
And the rangers and deputies
Are hired by the rich man
To catch me and hang me
My shining black Bess
Yes, they'll catch me napping one day
And they'll kill me
And then I'll be gone
But that won't be my end
For my guns and my saddle
Will always be filled
By unwelcome travelers
And other brave men
And they'll take the money
And spread it out equal
Just like the Bible
And the prophets suggest
But men that go riding
To help these poor workers
The rich will cut down
Like an unwelcome guest

Nina Simone--My Baby Just Cares for Me

 

My baby don't care for shows
My baby don't care for clothes
My baby just cares for me
My baby don't care for cars and races
My baby don't care for high-tone places
Liz Taylor is not his style
And even Lana Turner's smile
Is somethin' he can't see
My baby don't care who knows
My baby just cares for me
Baby, my baby don't care for shows
And he don't even care for clothes
He cares for me
My baby don't care
For cars and races
Baby don't care for
He don't care for high-tone places
Liz Taylor is not his style
And even Liberace's smile
Is something he can't see
Is something he can't see
I wonder what's wrong with baby
My baby just cares for
My baby just cares for
My baby just cares for me

Jenny Owen Youngs - F**k Was I [Official Music Video]

 

I fell in love and forgot about the homeless the hunger in Africa the women on welfare the strippers who need healthcare my friends the beggar the thieves
I fell in love and forgot my own mother my father my sister my grandma it killed her and waltzed around baby wishing you’d notice me
In my mind the light shines so equally
You can call it electricity
But why waste our energy?In my eyes I could be happy
But I stink of Depravity
Just and aching dark cavity
Oooh
I fell in love and threw out all my pencils my books and drew big hearts with red colored stencils and became pickled mush atrophied
I fell in love and I stopped all my eating clung on to your arms and forgot I was living but remembered the kitties and the pretty girls on your street
In my mind the light shines so equally
You can call it electricity
But why waste out energy?
In my eyes I could be happy
But I stink of Depravity
Just and aching dark cavity
I fell in love and forgot my own mother my father my sister my grandma it killed her and waltzed around baby wishing you’d notice me
I’m a fool

Moon River--The Innocence Mission

Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.

Adalina Roselma--Oakley Hall

 

Can't find the lyrics 😰

Vetiver & Hope Sandoval - Angels' Share

Makeshift moon mends a broken sky
Fields of fallow still stands dry
Night not gentle, soon for the night

Her mistake was to trust in him
His bodily excuse again
Yeah, the voices hard like the wind

Said, "I'm tired of you coming home late"
"I will do as I please, Kate
"There's no one gon' tell me how to be"
"Not for my sake, Tom, for the family"

He read guilt when she pled love
Got anxious and began to shove
Clouds have been kept loomed above

Curses raise the kids from bed
They fell down the stairs in time to see
The blood run warm down Kate's head

While the wounds in silence came to scars
Tom kept hitting the juke joint bars
All the love vanished in the air
Filled with paper vows and the angels' share

Jr Walker & Allstars - Shotgun

 

I said shotgun
Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
Put on your red dress
And then you go downtown now
I said buy yourself a shotgun now
We're gonna break it down, baby now
We're gonna load it up, baby now
And then you shoot him for he run now
I said shotgun
Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
Shotgun
Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
Put on your high heel shoes
I said we're goin' down here to listen to 'em play the blues
We're gonna dig potatoes
We're gonna pick tomatoes
I said shotgun
Shoot 'em for he run now
Do the jerk baby
Do the jerk now
Hey
I said it's twine time
I said it's twine time
I said it's twine time
Hey, what'd I say?




This ending line has resulted in much confusion from listeners then and now, and even Motown boss Berry Gordy misheard it. Junior Walker recalled in a later interview with Nelson George:


At session’s end even Berry asked, “What are you saying at the end, man? What were you saying at the end? … Sounded like you were saying ‘Crying time.’” I said, “No, it’s Twine Time.‘” He said, “Well, it’s pretty good, it’s pretty good.” Then he called me three weeks later and said, “Man, this record is tearin’ up.”

La La Means I Love You: The Delfonics

Many guys have come to you
With a line that wasn't true
And you passed them by
(Passed them by)
Though you're in the center ring
And their lines don't mean a thing
Why don't you let me try?
(Let me try)
Now, I don't wear a diamond ring
I don't even have a song to sing
All I know is
La la la la la la la la la means
I love you
Oh, baby, please now
La la la la la la la la la means
I love you
If I ever saw a girl
That I needed in this world
You are the one for me
(One for me)
Let me hold you in my arms
Girl, and thrill you with my charms
I'm sure you will see
(You will see)
The things I am sayin' are true
And the way I explain them to you
Listen to me
La la la la la la la la la means
I love you
Ooh, baby
La la la la la la la la la means
I love you
The things I am sayin' are true
And the way I explain them to you,
Yes to you
Listen to me
La la la la la la la la la means
I love you
Oh, you'll have to understand now
La la la la la la la la la means
I love you
Come on and take my hand

Barbara Mason - Yes, I'm Ready (1965)

I don't even know how to love you
Just the way you want me to
But I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
Yes, I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
To fall in love, to fall in love, to fall in love with you
I don't even know how to hold your hand
Just to make you understand
But I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
Yes, I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
To hold your hand, make you understand
To hold your hand right now
I don't even know how to kiss your lips (kiss your lips)
At a moment like this
But I'm going to learn how to do
All the things you want me to
(Are you ready?) Yes, I'm ready
(Are you ready?) Yes, I'm ready
To fall in love, to fall in love, to fall in love right now
Yes, I'm ready
(Are you ready?) Yes, I'm ready
(To kiss me?) Yes, I'm ready
(To love me?)
To kiss you, love you, and hug you
Baby, I'm ready

Gene Ammons--"Canadian Sunset"

 

Cold Cold World--Murf Gorlix

 

I've tried for a long time but I think I can't win
I'd do it all better if I could do it a-gain
Wherever I'm going it's the same place I been
Ain't it a cold, cold world
Outside it was hot but inside I am cold
The eyes of the young met the eyes of the old
And what they were thinking I'll never be told
Ain't it a cold, cold world
Then an old lady asked me bout this new daylight time
I said it don't matter and she said I don't mind
Then the bus driver said you still owe me a dime
Ain't it a cold, cold world
I can't get no job and I can't get no rest
I started out east and I ended up west
And I'm so glad to be here I'm sure, I would guess
Ain't it a cold, cold world
I might have to leave you, I think's what she said
Wish I could sleep 'stead of tossing in bed
And I find myself thinking I'd be better off dead
Ain't it a cold, cold world
Ain't it a cold, cold world

DOPE LEMON - Marinade

 

She got attacked by a pack of dogs
But she said, "It's okay
I got some wilderness skills beneath my belt"
She said she used to be a part of a Scout team
They nearly made her leader one time
But they didn't have enough thread to sew the patches on
And she said, "Do you know how you heard about that family that burnt down in that house?"
Well, that was hers
She said it was just some hoax that she made up
To watch people cry
Yeah, she whispered to me softly
Well, do you want me
Just how I am?
Do you need me
Where I stand?
Let's go steady
Let's make a plan
Marinade on that for a while
Yeah
She wanted to die by a river
She wanted the tide to come up and drag her away
So that when she's dreamin'
She can watch the tree line fall away
She used to draw rainbow faces in the sand
But the rainbow made the face sad
Had bits of foam coming out the bottom of its mouth
It's kinda funny that way
Oh, do you want me
How I am?
Do you need me
Oh, where I stand?
Let's go steady
Let's make a plan
Marinade on that for a little while
Yeah

Mustaka Astatke and the Heliocentrics--Cha Cha

 

Django Reinhardt - 'Manoir de Mes Reves

 

The War On Drugs - "Red Eyes" (Official Audio)

Come and see
Where I witness everything
On my knees
Beat it down to get to my soul
Against my will
Anyone can tell it's you coming
Baby don't mind
Leave it on the line, leave it hanging on the rail
Come and ride away
It's easier to stick to the old
Surrounded by the night
Surrounded by the night and you don't give in
But you abuse my faith
Lose it every time, but I don't know where
You're on my side again
So ride the heat wherever it goes
I'll be the one to care
You're all I've got, wait
Don't wanna let the dark night cover my soul
Well, you can see it through the darkness coming my way
Well, we won't get lost inside it all again
Oh, my mind
No one sees me, I'm out here waiting
They don't mind that I'm here, I hear
Throw the bad away, and your mind against it
I would keep you here, but I can't
Oh, I'll talk to you when I make my way back
I don't see it over there where I come from, yeah
Lost and you're hurt again
The easy way to cover my sin
Don't want another dark time to think to myself
We won't get lost inside it all, you're on my way
Well, I can see it in the darkness combing my mind
Well, we can hear the voices war inside
Yeah, and you won't get lost inside it all
You're on my way

The Shins - New Slang (Live On Letterman)

 Things like this always bring me to my knees. . . and tears to my eyes.

Gold teeth and a curse for this town
Were all in my mouth
Only I don't know how they got out, dear
Turn me back into the pet
I was when we met
I was happier then with no mindset
And if you took to me like a
Gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd've jumped from my trees
And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
New slang when you notice the stripes
The dirt in your fries
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely
And if you took to me like a
Gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd've jumped from my trees
And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
Godspeed, all the bakers at dawn
May they all cut their thumbs
And bleed into their buns 'til they melt away
I'm looking in on the good life
I might be doomed never to find
Without a trust, a flaming field
Am I too dumb to refine?
And if you took to me like
Well, I'd've danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would've fared well

Orlando Cachaito Lopez - Tumbanga

 

Voice In My Head · Donna The Buffalo

 Can't find the lyrics. 

Charade--Nelson Riddle

 

Lester Young - Blue Lester

 

Reuben Wilson-Blue Mode

 

Little Girl · Bill Frisell

 

I Love the Sun · Jon Redfern

 

Farewell Angelina · Rita Hosking

 

Farewell, Angelina
The bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits
I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles
And the trumpets play slow
But farewell, Angelina
The sky is on fire
And I must go
There's no need for anger
There's no need for blame
There's nothing to prove
Everything's still the same
Just a table standing empty
By the edge of the sea
Means farewell, Angelina
The sky is trembling
And I must leave
The jack and queen
Have forsaked the courtyard
52 gypsies
Now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce
And the ace once ran wild
Farewell, Angelina
The sky is falling
I'll see you in a while
See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans
With a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors, they clap
And they cheer with each blast
But farewell, Angelina
The sky's changing color
And I must leave fast
King Kong, little elves
On the rooftop they dance
Valentino-type tangos
While the make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead
Not to embarrass anyone
But farewell, Angelina
The sky is embarrassed
And I must be gone
The machine guns are roaring
And the puppets heave rocks
And fiends nail time bombs
To the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like
I will never deny it
But farewell, Angelina
The sky is erupting
I must go where it's quiet

Cantaloupe Island (Remastered) · Herbie Hancock

 And yet another version.  

Bruce Springsteen - My Beautiful Reward

 Well. . . they can't all be obscure. . . but when was the last time you listened to this?

Well I sought gold and diamond rings
My own drug to ease the pain that living brings
Walked from the mountain to the valley floor
Searching for my beautiful reward
Searching for my beautiful reward
From a house on a hill a sacred light shines
I walk through these rooms but none of them are mine
Down empty hallways I went from door to door
Searching for my beautiful reward
Searching for my beautiful reward
Well your hair shone in the sun
I was so high I was the lucky one
Then I came crashing down like a drunk on a barroom floor
Searching for my beautiful reward
Searching for my beautiful reward
Tonight I can feel the cold wind at my back
I'm flying high over gray fields my feathers long and black
Down along the river's silent edge I soar
Searching for my beautiful reward
Searching for my beautiful reward
Searching for my beautiful reward
Searching for my beautiful reward

Haley Bonar - Drinking Again

 

My old friendHe don't think or feel a thing
He asks me to wear his ring
But I can't sit down and talk to walls again
Cos they break down
As soon as you leave town
That's when another one comes around
And builds another wall around you

But I been thinking about it
I been drinking again
And it don't help that much
But I don't care
So I just keep sipping the red wine
As I pass the time till I see your face again

I'm tuckered out
So sick and tired of men
But every now and then
I just sing a song and another comes along
And thinks he's quite a hit
But I can't settle down for shit
I think I'm going home to see my ma again

And I been thinking about it
I been drinking again
And it don't help that much
But I don't care
So I just keep sipping the red wine
As I pass the time till I see your face again