Byron said:

If you get to be grandiose, so do I.

I have a mansion forget the price
Ain't never been there they tell me it's nice
I live in hotels tear out the walls
I have accountants pay for it all

They say I'm crazy but I have a good time
I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime
Life's been good to me so far

My Maserati does 185
I lost my license now I don't drive
I have a limo ride in the back
I lock the doors in case I'm attacked

I'm making records my fans they can't wait
They write me letters tell me I'm great
So I got me an office gold records on the wall
Just leave a message maybe I'll call

Lucky I'm sane after all I've been through
(Everybody sing) I'm cool (He's cool)
I can't complain but sometimes I still do
Life's been good to me so far

I go to parties sometimes until four
It's hard to leave when you can't find the door
It's tough to handle this fortune and fame
Everybody's so different I haven't changed

They say I'm lazy but it takes all my time
(Everybody sing) Oh yeah (Oh yeah)
I keep on going guess I'll never know why
Life's been good to me so far

Sweeny79 said:

Perfect! ...

If you believe in the power magic,
I can change your mind
And if you need to believe in someone,
Turn and look behind
When we were living in a dream world,
Clouds got in the way
We gave it up in a moment of madness
And threw it all away

Don't answer me, don't break the silence
Don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island
Don't let me in

Run away and hide from everyone
Can you change the things we've said and done?

If you believe in the power of magic,
It's all a fantasy
So if you need to believe in someone,
Just pretend it's me
It ain't enough that we meet as strangers
I can't set you free
So will you turn your back forever on what you mean to me?

Don't answer me, don't break the silence
Don't let me win
Don't answer me, stay on your island
Don't let me in

Run away and hide from everyone
Can you change the things we've said and done?

Baby I'm A Star

1 2 3, uh!

"Like what the fuck do they know? {backwards message}
All their taste is in their mouth
Really, what the fuck do they know?
Come on, baby
Let's go crazy!"

Hey, look me over
Tell me do U like what U see?
Hey, I ain't got no money
But honey, I'm rich on personality
Hey, check it all out
Baby, I know what it's all about
Before the night is through
U will see my point of view
Even if I have 2 scream and shout

Oh baby, I'm a star!
Might not know it now
Baby, but I are, I'm a star!
I don't want 2 stop till I reach the top
Sing it! (We are a star!)

Hey, take a listen
Tell me do U like what U hear?
And if it don't turn U on
Just say the word and I'm gone
Honey, I know ain't nuttin' wrong with your ears (Oh)
Hey, check it all out
Better look now or it just might be 2 late (Just might be 2 late)
My luck's gonna change 2night
There's gotta be a better life
Take a picture sweetie, I ain't got time 2 wait

Oh baby, I'm a star!
U might not know it now
Baby, but I are, I'm a star! (No!)
I don't want 2 stop till I reach the top
Sing it! (We are a star!)

Everybody say nothin' come 2 easy
But when U got it, baby, nothin' come 2 hard
U'll see what I'm all about (See what I'm all about)
If I gotta scream and shout (If I gotta scream and shout)
Baby, baby (baby), baby (baby), baby (baby)
Yeah… yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! (Star!)

Might not know it now
Baby, but I are, I'm a star!
I don't want 2 stop till I reach the top
Sing it! (Star!)
Baby, baby, baby
Oh baby, I'm a star!
Baby, baby, baby
Somebody (We are a star, yeah!)

(Baby, I'm a star)
We are a star, yeah!
Star, ooh! (Baby, I'm a star)
We are a star, yeah!
Doctor!
Baby, baby, baby, baby - ooh! {x2}
We are a star!

"Like what the fuck do they know? {backwards message}
All their taste is in their mouth
Really, what the fuck do they know?
Come on, baby
Let's go crazy!"

© 1984 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Byron said:

Star light
Star bright
First star that I see
I'll make a wish tonight
Hope I find someone
Who needs me

Toss a coin
Into the well
Make a wish and promise...
Not to tell
Till I find someone
Who needs me

I'm hoping
I'm praying
That you are searching too
When you are lost
I will find you Baby
When I am tossed
Upside down
Oh baby
You'll take my hand
Turn me around
Now who says that
Dreams can't come true

Lucky charms
Magic spells
I'll believe in dreams
And fairy tales
Till I find someone
Who needs me

I'm hoping
I'm praying
That you are searching too
When you are lost
I will find yen Baby
When I am tossed
Upside down
Oh Baby
You'll take my hand
Turn me around
New who says that
Dreams can't come true
Some day they'll happen
To me and to you

Star light
Star bright
First star that I see
I'll make a wish tonight
Hope I find someone
Who needs me... now

There's a somebody i'm longing to see

I hope that he turns out to be

Someone who'll watch over me

I'm little lamb who's lost in the wood

I know I could always be good

To one who'll watch over me

Altho he may not be the man

Some girls think of as handsome

To my hear he carries the key

Won't you tell him please

To put on some speed

Follow my lead

Oh how I need

Someone to watch over me



Won't you tell him please

To put on some speed

Follow my lead

Oh how I need

Someone to watch over me

I hate the world today
You're so good to me
I know but I can't change
Tried to tell you
But you look at me like maybe
I'm an angel underneath
Innocent and sweet
Yesterday I cried
Must have been relieved to see
The softer side
I can understand how you'd be so confused
I don't envy you
I'm a little bit of everything
All rolled into one
Chorus:
I'm a bitch, I'm a lover
I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner, I'm a saint
I do not feel ashamed
I'm your hell, I'm your dream
I'm nothing in between
You know you wouldn't want it any other way

So take me as I am
This may mean
You'll have to be a stronger man
Rest assured that
When I start to make you nervous
And I'm going to extremes
Tomorrow I will change
And today won't mean a thing

Chorus

Just when you think, you got me figured out
The season's already changing
I think it's cool, you do what you do
And don't try to save me

Chorus

I'm a bitch, I'm a tease
I'm a goddess on my knees
When you hurt, when you suffer
I'm your angel undercover
I've been numb, I'm revived
Can't say I'm not alive
You know I wouldn't want it any other way

Um, what that term they call it post traumatic stress syndrome? That thing that
Uh, soldiers will get. I think a lot of people get that. It's like when you
Experience somethin and uh, it affects you for a long time afterwards. I guess
Everything works that way. Certain things have more impact than others.
Sometimes it visits you in your dreams or when you're quiet or just at peace or
Trying to be at peace. A lot of soldiers get it. A lot of common people get
It. A lot of the time common people are soldiers, that's just the way it works
Out.

This is a soldier's dream

The other night I was tumbling towards an uneasy sleep
When I had discovered myself
Atop the sweet sticky firmament of my dreams.
Daybreak came and discovered me
With my fantasies pasted to my face.

I can't look at you right now.
"Show me your eyes," she says.
"Later," he says. "Now, now." "NO!"

Shame is a prison you know.
Yeah, well discretion is a fortress
You're starin and lookin too closely.
There's so much about me that I hide
That careful eyes will recognize.
If you look closely you'll notice
That the pattern on this soft cloth shirt
Is made of workin men's sweat
And prayin folk's tears.
If you look closer you'll notice
That this pattern resembles
Tenement row houses, project high rises,
Cell block tiers,
Discontinued stretches of elevated train tracks,
Slave ship gullies, acres of tombstones.
If you look closer, you'll notice
That this fabric has been carefully blended
With an advanced new age polymer (oh man, that's nice)
To make the fabric lightweight
Weatherproof, and durable.
All this to give some sort of posture and dignity
To a broken body that is a host for scars.
I am the new landmark. I am the museum of injury.
Soldiers visit me and admire me quietly,
Whispering amongst themselves. You're no soldier.
Your soft bright eyes never have to
Survey the battlefield,
Much less it's collected relics of which, I am one.
So, my flesh bullet-ridden remains hidden
Underneath these soft fabrics
Which I carefully select
That stand in for how I used to feel,
For how I remember feeling,
For how I dream about feeling,
For how I feel about you.
And now your curious fingers want to search
Beyond this tender armor.
I can't look at you right now

(This is my rifle there are many like it but this one is mine) 2x

Your eyes are too careful,
Collecting it all arranging it all;
Surgically, robotically, exactly.
I can't look at you right now
But that doesn't matter because
You can look at me and the longer that
I don't return your gaze,
The harder that your gaze
Starts to run across my back
Like a nervous policeman's hands:
Brisk, intent, anxious for discovery.
If discretion is a fortress
Then you're threatening to destroy it
By simply standing at the gates
And refusing to leave.
I can't look at you right now,
But you can look at me. Do you see me?

Nothing Special- Ill Scarlett

I'm sick and tired of everybody
Thinking they know what's best for me and
Maybe God wanted me to be
Nothing special
I'm passed the point of breaking and I'm
Not sure if I'm a gonna make it
I'll keep this gift from breaking as
long as you believe.

I remember...
Walking in the park with my life
On a sunny afternoon
I won't give up on you she said
Don't be so afraid
I'll maintain as long as you believe in me
Greetings from the part
Of me that doesn't wanna be a part of you
Complacancy

I'm sick and tired of everybody
Thinking they know what's best for me and
Maybe God wanted me to be
Nothing special
I'm passed the point of breaking and I'm
Not sure if I'm a gonna make it
I'll keep this gift from breaking as
long as you believe.

This is the part of the song
Where I just don't give a fuck about what you want
What you head, what you thought
I won't give up that easily
Hold me in your tenderness
Over-rated
So ungrateful for this mess
Greetings from the part
Of the part that doesn't want to be a part of this
Fucking machine

I'm sick and tired of everybody
Thinking they know what's best for me and
Maybe God wanted me to be
Nothing special
I'm passed the point of breaking and I'm
Not sure if I'm a gonna make it
I'll keep this gift from breaking as
long as you believe.

If you believe
Don't be afraid
If you believe

I'm sick and tired of everybody
Thinking they know what's best for me and
Maybe God wanted me to be
Nothing special
I'm passed the point of breaking and I'm
Not sure if I'm a gonna make it
I'll keep this gift from breaking as
long as you believe

Heaters- Ill Scarlett

We are livin' in a police state
Situations getting grave
Right now
I'm takin' it



We are livin' in a police state
More than your rights at stake
Right Now
I'm takin' it



Heaters got my town
Infiltratin' the air yeah
Locking down the masses
Even to scare ya
We don't have to deal with this shit
To serve and protect yo I ain't buying it.



Do it for the power
They're abusing the glory
Strip away the badge
And you'll still be out
_____ (next two lines I have NO idea what Alex says)
Fightin' the fight for the people right.



We are, livin' in a police state
Situations getting grave
Right now
It's over yeah.


We are, livin' in a police state
More than your rights at stake
Right now
I'm takin' it.



Get ready cuz its time to go
Heaters movin' in and before you know it
They've got us all surrounded
The call has been sounded
This is how its goin' down tonight.



Tonight now we set things right
And besides who'd wanna live and die
In this mess we made
Its so depraved
What happened to my freedom
And you'll find me
Lying on the floor
Thinking about war
Thinking about war
Don't wanna do this anymore
They paraded
I'll be waiting for
The perfect time to strike (cool echo)



We are livin' in a police state (we are)
Situations getting grave (we are)
Right now (we are)
We are takin' it


We are livin' in a police state
More than your rights at stake
Right now
I'm takin' it.



Right now (we are) its on (we are) oh yeah
We are.
[Edited 8/27/07 2:08am]

july said:

one of my all time favourite songs- it always makes me think of my dad- he bought me that crowded house cd - and he never bought us gifts- mum always did the buying