Who’s to blame when parties really get out of hand?Who’s to blame when they get poorly planned?Crashers get bombed, slobs make a messYou know sometimes they’ll even ruin your wife’s dressCrashers getttin’ bombedWho’s to blame?Can you pull it back in line?Can you salvage it in time?What can you do to save a party?Parcheesi, charadesA spur-of-the-momentContinue reading “Party Out Of Bounds: The B-52s”
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Pinch Me: Barenaked Ladies
It’s the perfect time of year, Somewhere far away from hereI feel fine enough, I guess, Considering everything’s a messThere’s a restaurant down the street, Where hungry people like to eatI could walk but I’ll just drive, It’s colder than it looks outsideLike a dream you try to remember but it’s goneThen you try toContinue reading “Pinch Me: Barenaked Ladies”
The Cutter: Echo & the Bunnymen
Who’s on the seventh floorBrewing alternativesWhat’s in the bottom drawerWaiting for things to giveSpare us the cutterCouldn’t cut the mustardConquering myselfUntil I see another hurdle approachingSay we can, say we willNot just another drop in the oceanCome to the free for allWith seven tapered knivesSome of them six feet tallWe will escape our livesAm IContinue reading “The Cutter: Echo & the Bunnymen”
Fools’ Gold: The Stone Roses
Gold road’s sure a long roadWinds on through the hills for fifteen daysThe pack on my back is achingThe straps seem to cut me like a knifeI’m no clown, I won’t back downI don’t need you to tell me what’s going downI’m standing alone, I’m watching you allI see you sinkingI’m standing alone, you’re weighingContinue reading “Fools’ Gold: The Stone Roses”
The Puppet: Echo & the Bunnymen
I’ll practice my fall for practice makes perfect Chained to the wall for maximum hold The window’s too far, too far from my legs Open the door and let out the coldYou knew about this With your head in your hands All along I was the puppet Trampolines broken ceiling has come down The ache in my back tells me something’s gone wrong Rocking horse rocks as theContinue reading “The Puppet: Echo & the Bunnymen”
Monkey and the Engineer: The Grateful Dead
Once upon a time there was an engineerDrove a locomotive both far and nearAccompanied by a monkey that would sit on a stoolWatching everything the engineer would doOne day the engineer wanted a bite to eatHe left the monkey sitting on the driver’s seatThe monkey pulled the throttle locomotive jumped the gunAnd did 80 milesContinue reading “Monkey and the Engineer: The Grateful Dead”
Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before: The Smiths
Stop me, oh, stop me Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before Nothing’s changed I still love you, oh, I still love you Only slightly, only slightly less than I used to, my loveI was delayed, I was way-laid An emergency stop I smelt the last ten seconds of life I crashed down on the crossbar And the painContinue reading “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before: The Smiths”
The Strange Remain: The Other Ones
I’ve been searching in sectors both private and darkWith the eye of a witness – silent and starkSeen everything that goes on in the nightThings that are twisted and hide from the lightThings that live under the rock and the stoneFlesh like a fever on a platter of boneBlacker than blackness and whiter than whiteThingsContinue reading “The Strange Remain: The Other Ones”
Rattlesnake: Kingfish
Easy Answers: The Grateful Dead
Promises made in the dark dissolve by light of dayAin’t no saying what will be, it’s always been that wayOnly thing I know for sure, someone got to payAin’t no easy answers, is what I got to sayI don’t wanna hearAin’t nobody caresC’mon let’s goI don’t wanna knowLove is an easy word to say, roll’sContinue reading “Easy Answers: The Grateful Dead”
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