Josie
~Steely Dan


We're gonna break out the hats and hooters
When Josie comes home
We're gonna rev up the motor scooters
When Josie comes home to stay
We're gonna park in the street
Sleep on the beach and make it
Throw down the jam till the girls say when
Lay down the law and break it
When Josie comes home

When Josie comes home
So good
She's the pride of the neighborhood
She's the raw flame
The live wire
She prays like a Roman
With her eyes on fire

Jo would you love to scrapple
She'll never say no
Shine up the battle apple
We'll shake 'em all down tonight
We're gonna mix in the street
Strike at the stroke of midnight
Dance on the bones till the girls say when
Pick up what's left by daylight
When Josie comes home

When Josie comes home
So bad
She's the best friend we ever had
She's the raw flame
The live wire
She prays like a Roman
With her eyes on fire

When Josie comes home
So good
She's the pride of the neighborhood
She's the raw flame
The live wire
She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire
[Edited 11/23/05 9:22am]

Oh for god sake

Ocean said:

Haven't heard that one before...how does it go?

Peg
~Steely Dan

I've seen your picture
Your name in lights above it
This is your big debut
It's like a dream come true
And when you smile for the camera
I know they're gonna love it

I like your pin shot
I keep it with your letter
Done up in blueprint blue
It sure looks good on you
So won't you smile for the camera
I know I'll love you better

Peg
It will come back to you
Peg
It will come back to you
Then the shutter falls
You see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie

I like your pin shot
I keep it with your letter
Done up in blueprint blue
It sure looks good on you
So won't you smile for the camera
I know I'll love you better

Peg
It will come back to you
Peg
It will come back to you
Then the shutter falls
You see it all in 3-D
It's your favorite foreign movie

Deacon Blues
~Steely Dan

This is the day
Of the expanding man
That shape is my shade
There where I used to stand
It seems like only yesterday
I gazed through the glass
At ramblers
Wild gamblers
That's all in the past

You call me a fool
You say it's a crazy scheme
This one's for real
I already bought the dream
So useless to ask me why
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
I'll make it this time
I'm ready to cross that fine line

I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

My back to the wall
A victim of laughing chance
This is for me
The essence of true romance
Sharing the things we know and love
With those of my kind
Libations
Sensations
That stagger the mind

I crawl like a viper
Through these suburban streets
Make love to these women
Languid and bittersweet
I'll rise when the sun goes down
Cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home

I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

This is the night
Of the expanding the man
I take one last drag
As I approach the stand
I cried when I wrote this song
Sue me if I play too long
This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be

I'll learn to work the saxophone
I'll play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whisky all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

Black Cow
~Steely Dan

In the corner
Of my eye
I saw you in Rudy's
You were very high
You were high
It was a cryin' disgrace
They saw your face

On the counter
By your keys
Was a book of numbers
And your remedies
One of these
Surely will screen out the sorrow
But where are you tomorrow

I can't cry anymore
While you run around
Break away
Just when it
Seems so clear
That it's
Over now
Drink your big black cow
And get out of here

Down to Greene Street
There you go
Lookin' so outrageous
And they tell you so
You should know
How all the pros play the game
You change your name

Like a gangster
On the run
You will stagger homeward
To your precious one
I'm the one
Who must make everything right
Talk it out till daylight

I don't care anymore
Why you run around
Break away
Just when it
Seems so clear
That it's
Over now
Drink your big black cow
And get out of here

I Hope I Never
~Split Enz

I fall apart when your around
When you're here, I'm nowhere
I can't pretend that I'm not down
I show it I know it
I've been a fool - more than once, more than twice
I'm gonna move to a new town where the people are nice

I hope I never, I hope I never have to sigh again
I hope I never, I hope I never have to cry again
I still want to beam and smile yah
Happiness is back in style yeah
I hope I never, I hope I never have to see you again
Again, oh oh oh oh

It should be possible I know
To see you without stress
But I can see I'll have to go
I'm changing my address
My urge to cry I have failed to conceal
Life - it's no fun when your hunted by the things that you feel

I hope I never, I hope I never have to sigh again
I hope I never, I hope I never have to cry again
I'm for living while you can
I'm an optimistic man
I hope I never, I hope I never have to see you again
Again..

I hope I never
I hope I never
I hope I never, never, never...

I hope I never, I hope I never have to see you again

Message To My Girl
~Split Enz

I don't want to say "I love you"
That would give away too much
It's hip to be detached and precious,
The only thing you feel is vicious

I don't want to say "I want you"
Even though I want you so much
It's wrapped up in conversation,
it's whispered in a hush

Though I'm frightened by the word,
think it's time I made it heard

No more empty self possession,
Visions swept under the mat.
It's no New Years resolution,
It's more than that

Now I wake up happy
Warm in lovers embrace
No one else can touch us
While we're in this place

So I'll sing it to the world
This simple message to my girl.

No more empty self possession,
Visions swept under the mat.
It's no New Years resolution,
It's more than that.

Though I'm frightened by the word,
Think it's time I made it heard
So I'll sing it to the world
This simple message to my girl

No more empty self possession,
Visions swept under the mat.
It's no New Years resolution,
It's more than that

Oh there's nothing quite as real
As the touch of your sweet hands.
I can't spend the rest of my life
Buried in the sand

Six Months In A Leaky Boat
~Split Enz

When I was a young boy
I wanted to sail around the world
That's the life for me, living on the sea

Spirit of a sailor,
Circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier

I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare,
'round the horn if you dare

I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat

Aotearoa,
Rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl, at the bottom of the world

The tyranny of distance,
Didn't stop the cavalier
So why should it stop me, I'll conquer and stay free

Ah c'mon all you lads, let's forget and forgive
There's a world to explore, tales to tell back on shore

I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat

Ship-wrecked love can be cruel
Don't be fooled by her kind
There's a wind in my sails
Will protect and prevail

I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Nothing to it, leaky boat.

I Got You
~Split Enz

I got you - that's all I want
I won't forget - that's a whole lot
I don't go out - now that you're in
Sometimes we shout - but that's no problem

I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'

Look at you - you're a pageant
You're everything - that I've imagined
Something's wrong - I feel uneasy
You show me - tell me you're not teasin'

I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'

There's no doubt - not when I'm with you
When I'm without - I stay in my room
Where do you go - I get no answer
You're always out - it gets on my nerves

I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes you can tell that I'm not lying
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lying

johnny cash, johnny cash, and more johnny cash.

Byron..Excellent Songs....I can't play them right now....Punking out with Split Enz....Do you have the first album with I SEE RED which was a BIG AUSTRALIAN HIT 4 Them on their Very First album.... Do you like XTC also....DEAR GOD!!! SKYLARKING???? And MIDGE URE? DEAR GOD???? LOL

Zelaira said:

I don't have Split Enz's first album...but I have all of their albums after it except for their last one, I think...Waiata is my favorite..

And the only song by XTC I'm familiar with enough to comment on is "Dear God"...lol...which is a great song, btw..

Waiatta is Great. Midge Ure and ULTRAVOX is AWESOME...

Natsume said:

out of notes, screech. do you yahoo?

Four Seasons In One Day
~Crowded House

Four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Worlds above and worlds below
The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain

Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day

Smiling as the shit comes down
You can tell a man from what he has to say
Everything gets turned around
And I will risk my neck again
Again...

You can take me where you will
Up the creek and through the mill
All the things you can't explain
Four seasons in one day

Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day

It doesn't pay to make predictions...

Sleeping on an unmade bed
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
Only one step away
Like four seasons in one day

Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day

Flight Attendant
~Josh Rouse

When I was
A little baby
A mamma's boy
No one could save me
From those kids at school
They would bully
They would tease
They would taunt me
Haunt me

"You're such a pretty boy"
"You're such a pretty boy"
"You're such a pretty boy"
"You're such a pretty boy"

Fear
I grew up so scared
The bible belt
Redneck lifestyle
One day I'll fly free

In the airplanes
"Where's my seat?
Where's my champagne?"
Champange

I'm such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy

Heaven knows the lengths I'd go to please them every day
They dont even notice when I'm
...down

Such a pretty boy
Such a pretty boy
Such a pretty boy
I'm such a pretty boy

Hotels were closed
And the airport was clean
I was stranded alone
In my southwest dream

Hotels were closed
And the airport was clean
I was stranded alone
In my southwest dream

Usher - Confessions....


I must confess.....

1972
~Josh Rouse

She was feelin' 1972
Groovin' to a Carole King tune
Is it too late baby?
It it too late?

That boy was always up to no good
Smokin' pot and playin' pool
In the afternoon
Unemployed and high

We're goin' through the changes
Hopin' for replacement
Until we find a way out of this hole

Spanish girl with a tattoo
Workin' nights at the drive-thru
And she asks herself
Could this be all?

Screwin' in a motel room
Watchin' news on channel two
Victoria tell me
Where is your dream?

We're going through the changes
Hopin' for replacement
Until we find a way out of this

We're going through the changes
Hopin' for replacement
Until we find a way out of this

A way out of this hole
Out of this hole
Out of this hole
Oh
Oh

Under Your Charms
~Josh Rouse

Only half of the time do you tell me just what you want
Only half of the time do you tell me just what you want
Can I get some contact?
Can I get some contact from you?
Can I get some contact with what is real?

It's the end of the night and I'm feelin' sexual
It's the end of the night and I'm feelin' sexual
Can I get some love back?
Can I get some love back from you?
Can I get some love back that you conceal?

And now I've fallen under your charms
And now I fall into your arms
It's where I feel alright

In the blink of an eye do we do what's natural
Maybe once or twice do we do what's natural
Is it just a love task?
Is it too much to ask from you?
Is it just a love task or do you feel?

And I've fallen under your charms
And now I fall into your arms

And now I've fallen under your charm
And now I fall into your arms
Where I feel alright
It's where I'll stay tonight

Only half of the time do you tell me just what you want
Only half of the time do you tell me just what you want
Can I get some contact?
Can I get some contact from you?
Can I get some contact with what is real?

You Get Me - Michelle Branch

So I'm a little left of center
I'm a little out of tune
Some say I'm paranormal
So I just bend their spoon
Who wants to be ordinary
In a crazy, mixed-up world
I don't care what they're sayin'
As long as I'm your girl

Hey, you are on my side
And they, they just roll their eyes

You get me
When nobody understands
You come and take the chance, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
And still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
Yeah, you get me

So what if I see the sunshine
In the pouring rain
Some people think I'm crazy
But you say it's okay
You've seen my secret garden
Where all of my flowers grow
In my imagination
Anything goes

I, I am all you want
They, they just read me wrong

You get me
When nobody understands
You come and hold my hand, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
Still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
'Cause you get me

Hey, you are on my side
They, they just roll their eyes
Yeah, yeah, yeah

'Cause you get me
When nobody understands
You come and take the chance, baby
You get me
When none of the pieces fit
You make sense of it
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
And still I want you all the time
Yeah, I do
'Cause you get me
Yeah, oh, yeah, oh

Samaar said:

...Love the avatar, btw...lol

Byron said:

ANNA NALICK
"Breathe (2 AM)"

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

In May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a Day", he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

Dressed Up Like Nebraska
~Josh Rouse

Trying to tell me something here
in this place
All of your demons rest
in my space

I dreamed last night
you and I were there
old and gray
Holding tight
you were always so
cold

But I can't touch you where you are
There you stood dressed up like Nebraska
Plain as day

It's being in the dark that makes me so
...paranoid
It's the feeling of a sort that just won't stay inclined enough

I could see your eyes tonight
somehow try to set it right
I could change your mind to see this.

But I can't touch you where you are
There you stood dressed up like Nebraska
Plain as day

I can't touch you where you are
There you stood dressed up like Nebraska

Somebody's Somebody
~Prince

It's 2 o'clock in the morning and I just can't sleep
Outside the rain is pourin', I'm lonely as can be
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I can't be alone no more

2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

This big ol' world can be so empty livin' in it all alone
I realize, in its best disguise, a pretty house don't make a home
There's a hunger deep inside of me, how the fire burns
I wanna give good love 2 someone and get good love in return

2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

Somebody's somebody
Someone
I wanna be somebody's body
Oh yes, oh yeah

Someone 2 hold me in that hour midnight
Someone 2 console me when things ain't goin' 2 right
Someone 2 bring me dinner sometime, yeah
Somebody I can call all mine

It's 2:05 in the morning and I got no one 2 call
I'm longin' 2 hear another voice inside these lonely walls
Maybe 2night'll be different than the nights before (Maybe not)
I need 2 feel someone beside me, I cannot be alone no more

2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I wanna belong 2 someone (Someone)
2night I wanna be somebody's somebody
2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done (Oh yeah)

Somebody's somebody
I don't wanna be alone, no no!
I don't wanna wait another day, no!
I'll do it over and over and over and over, yeah!

Ooh, I don't wanna wait, no!
Can I belong 2 U, baby? Oh yeah!
Ooh, slow, deep and long
Do me over and over and over and over

(2night I wanna be somebody's somebody)
Oh yeah
If U're out there, come on, baby
I'll keep it hot 4 U
(2night I wanna be somebody's somebody)
Come on, baby
(2night I want somebody that'll do it 'til the job gets done, oh yeah)

Somebody's somebody

Courtin' Time
~Prince

It's courtin' time

I've been holdin' back a good deal longer than I shoulda-oughta
I bet U got the notion that I couldn't make up my mind
But now I'm ready 2 tell your mama that I gots 2 get with her daughta
Put on your good dress, baby - it's courtin' time!

Every day I wait is just another day your baby's lonely
No matter what I'm talkin' about it always comes back 2 U
I lost more friends this week because the only
The only one I want deserves the best, the very best that I can do
Put on your shoppin' shoes, honey - it's courtin' time!

Yes it is
Yeah
Keep it right there

All the friends I thought I had found out they were not at all
With no regrets, the joy I get from knowin' that U're mine
A thousand times the victor (victor) I am (yes!)
Baby, baby, it's courtin', courtin', courtin', courtin' time!

Yeah!

Get ready
It's courtin' time!
Yeah

Courtin', it's courtin' time! {x3 in BG}
(It's courtin' time!)
Baby, now U gonna know
What it's like when a boy truly loves a girl
Well

When I do that (do that), when I do that (do that), when I do that
I'm gonna make them honeys twirl
It's courtin' time!

It's courtin', courtin' time!
It's courtin', courtin', courtin' time, yeah!

Come on and get some, baby
It's courtin' time
Yeah, yeah

Betcha By Golly Wow
~Prince

There's a spark of magic in your eyes
Candyland appears each time U smile
Never thought that fairy tales came true
But they come true when I'm near U

U're a genie in disguise
Full of wonder and surprise and...

Betcha by golly wow
U're the one that I've been waiting 4 4ever
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

If I could, I'd catch a falling star
2 shine on U so I know where U are
Paint a rainbow in your favorite shade
2 show I love U, thinking of U

Write your name across the sky
Anything U ask, I'll try cuz...

Betcha by golly wow
U're the one that I've been waiting 4 4ever
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

Betcha by golly!
U're the one, yes U are! (Don't U let 'em tell U otherwise)
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong

Baby, sometime
A man can't find words 2 express all the things he feels inside
But every just so often
The words of another who's truly in love seem 2 work out fine

2 say I love U
2 say I'm thinking of U!

Betcha by golly wow
U're the one that I've been waiting 4 4ever
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

U're the one I'm thinking of, thinkin' of
Ever will my...
And ever will my love 4 U keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

I love U, baby