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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:50 PM
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Do you have a Theme Song?
When I was in college, this was my theme song..."When I Paint My Masterpiece" by B. Dylan...

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble,
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You can almost think that you're seein' double
On a cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room,
Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece.
She promised that she'd be right there with me
When I paint my masterpiece.

Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum,
Dodging lions and wastin' time.
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see 'em,
Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb.
Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory,
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese.
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece.

Sailin' 'round the world in a dirty gondola.
Oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!

I left Rome and landed in Brussels,
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried.
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles,
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside.
Newspapermen eating candy
Had to be held down by big police.
Someday, everything is gonna be diff'rent
When I paint my masterpiece.


What's your theme song?
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Lone_Wolf_Moderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:57 PM
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1. "Princes of the Universe" by Queen.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:58 PM
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2. Java by Al Hirt
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ltfranklin Donating Member (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 03:59 PM
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3. Ventriloquist Love, by Martin Mull and his Fabulous Furniture
"Ventriloquist Love...it ain't such a groove,
'cause whenever you kiss me, your lips never move!"
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:02 PM
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4. I'm Gonna Live Till I Die
I'm gonna live till I die
I'm gonna laugh stead of cry
I'm gonna take the town turn it upside down
I'm gonna live, live, live until I die

They're gonna say what a gal
I'm gonna play for the sky
Ain't gonna miss a thing,gonna have my fling
I'm gonna live live live until I die

Those blues I lay low, I'll make them stay low
They'll never trail over my head
I'll be a devil till I'm an angel
But until then Hallelujah
Gonna dance gonna fly
I'll take my chance riding high
Before my numbers up I'm gonna fill my cup
I'm gonna live, live, live until I die

Those blues I lay low,I'll make them stay low
They'll never trail over my head
I'll be a devil till I'm an angel
But until then Hallelujah
Gonna dance gonna fly
I'll take my chance riding high
Before my numbers up I'm gonna fill my cup
I'm gonna live, live, live, live until I die

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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:03 PM
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5. Toward the One
the Perfection of Love, Harmony, and Beauty
The Only Being
United with all the illuminated souls
Who form the embodiment of the Master,
The Spirit of Guidance.
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:12 PM
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6. OK
This bed is on fire
With passionate love
The neighbours complain about the noises above
But she only comes when she's on top

My therapist said not to see you no more
She said you're like a disease without any cure
She said i'm so obsessed that i'm becoming a bore, oh no
Ah, you think you're so pretty

Caught your hand inside the till
Slammed your fingers in the door
Fought with kitchen knives and skewers
Dressed me up in womens clothes
Messed around with gender roles
Dye my eyes and call me pretty

Moved out of the house, so you moved next door
I locked you out, you cut a hole in the wall
I found you sleeping next to me, i thought i was alone
You're driving me crazy, when are you coming home
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 05:14 PM
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11. That was a great album....sigh.
Sometimes, I look in your eyes, I can see your soul....
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 11:36 PM
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30. I'm surprized anyone recognized it
I thought it was obscure
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 05:37 PM
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14. That is almost the EXACT plot of my favorite movie-
(-after "Reversal of Fortune")

"Holy Smoke"- almost exactly!

:) :) :)
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:22 PM
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24. Doctor Zhivago?
If I may ask?
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 12:23 PM
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40. What's the movie?
<poe>
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 05:48 PM
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41. Sorry. What I meant to say was,
your lyrics exactly describe the plot of the movie,"Holy Smoke", a film I love only a little less than my favorite movie, "Reversal of Fortune".

"Holy Smoke" stars Harvey Keitel and Kate Winslet. It takes place mostly in Australia. Harvey Keitel plays a professional cult-exiter who's famous for a 99% success rate of getting cult members back on track, with only 1% rate of recidivism.

Kate Winslet's a victim of a cult in India and her family wants her back. Harvey Keitel traps her (well, with her consent) in a lodge, and they have a lot of spiritual face-offs. Then, she seduces him, and he becomes maddened by his own passion for her. At one point, she dresses him up in lipstick & a red dress, and he's totally powerless.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:12 PM
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7. "She Works Hard For The Money"
I often find myself humming it at work. Very apropos.
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:16 PM
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8. Henry Mancini's
Playboy Theme :D
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:25 PM
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25. alternate theme, mancini's 'baby elephant walk'
:thumbsup:
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:18 PM
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9. Yes I do
* the bitch is back* lol
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 04:55 PM
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10. Yes, "Thanks for the Memory", I inherited it when Bob Hope died
It's great because whenever I walk into a room an orchestra or a record or something will begin blaring the music to that all too familiar song and almost as an impulse people will stand and begin applauding me. Then I sit down and eat dinner.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 05:23 PM
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12. Yes. Today's is-


David Garza

black orange white and red
dresses hanging off your bed
from now until you reach your grave
baby I will be your slave
ask for your hand to hold
you know I could never be so bold
I could never be so brave
baby I will be your slave
lying words like overflow
they'll rule your heart - before you know
they'll cover you - from head to toe
they'll never mean a word they say
they just go
I'll bring your mother back to life
I'll bring your father back his sight
back float in a tidal wave
baby I will be your slave
I had a dream of bleeding skies
crippled legs and static eyes
open land and quiet cave
baby I will be your slave
I love you, don't you trust me?
Do you love me, like I love you?
I'm broken, lost in misery
but you don't have to worry about me
I have no more soul to save
baby I will be your slave.

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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 05:41 PM
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17. Good stuff Sugah, I also got this one stored away
Also by B. Dylan...

Dedicated to you.

Never Say Goodbye...

Twilight on the frozen lake
North wind about to break
On footprints in the snow
Silence down below.

You're beautiful beyond words
You're beautiful to me
You can make me cry
Never say goodbye.

Time is all I have to give
You can have it if you choose
With me you can live
Never say goodbye.

My dreams are made of iron and steel
With a big bouquet
Of roses hanging down
From the heavens to the ground.

The crashing waves roll over me
As I stand upon the sand
Wait for you to come
And grab hold of my hand.

Oh, baby, baby, baby blue
You'll change your last name, too
You've turned your hair to brown
Love to see it hangin' down.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:10 PM
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18. OH my GOD!
I can't stand it!!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

You don't know this, but my neighbor & I just watched "Wuthering Heights", and she witnessed me crying and flinging myself around the living room with a lock of my own hair in my hands. I lost 5 pounds. crying.

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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:13 PM
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20. Ah! Don't cry...come sit by my fire.
Edited on Sun Apr-17-05 06:15 PM by Longgrain
I'll be a Heathcliff to your Catherine.

(running across the moors right now as we speak!)
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:26 PM
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27. Out on the wiley, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green.
You had a temper like my jealousy:
Too hot, too greedy.
How could you leave me,
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you. I loved you, too.

Bad dreams in the night.
They told me I was going to lose the fight,
Leave behind my wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Ooh, it gets dark! It gets lonely,
On the other side from you.
I pine a lot. I find the lot
Falls through without you.
I'm coming back, love.
Cruel Heathcliff, my one dream,
My only master.

Too long I roam in the night.
I'm coming back to his side, to put it right.
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering,
Wuthering Heights,

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
Ooh! Let me have it.
Let me grab your soul away.
You know it's me--Cathy!

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!
Let me in-a-your window.

Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy.
Come home. I'm so cold!

-Kate Bush



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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 11:34 PM
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29. Just because I was listening to Kate Bush this evening
It doesn't hurt me
Do you want to feel how it feels
Do you want to know, know that it doesn't hurt me
Do you want to hear 'bout the deal that I'm making
You, you and me,

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
Be running up that building
If I only could oh...

You don't want to hurt me
But see how deep the bullet lies
Unaware I'm tearing you asunder
Ooh there is thunder in our hearts
Is there so much hate for the ones we love
'Tell me we both matter don't we
You
You and me
You and me won't be unhappy

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with god
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
Be running up that building
If I only could oh...

You
You and me
You and me won't be unhappy
C'mon baby c'mon darlin'
Let me steal this moment from you now
Cone on angel, c'mon, c'mon darling
Let's exchange the experience oh,

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
With no ploblems.

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
With no ploblems.

And if I only could
I'd make a deal with God
And I'd get him to swap our places
Be running up that road
Be running up that hill
With no ploblems.

And if I only could
Be running up that hill
With no problems.
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Sugar Smack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-05 07:37 PM
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38. Mister Tukalo, If I may-
Out in the garden, there's half of a heaven
And we're only bluffing
We're not ones for busting through walls
But they've told us unless we can prove
That we're doing it
We can't have it all.
He's gonna wangle a way to get out of it
She's an excuse
and a witness who'll talk when he's called
But they've told us
Unless we can prove that we're doing it
We can't have it all
We can't have it all
CHORUS:
Suddenly my feet are feet of mud
It all goes slow-mo
I don't know why I'm crying
Am I suspended in Gaffa?
Not until I'm ready for you
Not until I'm ready for you
Can I have it all?
I try to get nearer
But as it gets clearer
There's something appears in the way
It's a plank in me eye
With a camel who's trying to get through it
Am I doing it?
Can I have it all now?
I pull out the plank
and say thank you for yanking me back
To the fact
That there's always something to distract
But sometimes it's hard
To know if I'm doing it right
Can I have it all?
Can I have it all now?
We can't have it all
CHORUS
I won't open boxes that I am not told to
I'm not a Pandora
I'm much more like
That girl in the mirror
Between you and me
She don't stand a chance of
Getting anywhere at all
Not anywhere at all
No, not a thing
She can't have it all.
CHORUS

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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 05:28 PM
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13. I share a theme song with TV's "Top Cat."
He's the boss
He's the VIP
He's a championship
He's the most tip top - Top Cat!


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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 05:39 PM
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15. "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" -- for reasons
far too complicated to go into here. Suffice to say I beat it.
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InvisibleTouch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 05:40 PM
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16. You know, it's funny.
I've got theme songs for most of the characters I've ever roleplayed or written about. I've got numerous songs that represent major portions of my life, significant experiences, and relationships. But not a one that really represents me. (My DU username doesn't work either ... that would be too easy. :) ) Like so many other things, I may just have to create that myself one day.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:11 PM
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19. Cuts You Up
Edited on Sun Apr-17-05 06:14 PM by xmas74
(don't ask me why-I just find that I love so much of the imagery and can relate to some of it)

I find you in the morning... after dreams of distant signs
You pour yourself over me like the sun through the blinds
You lift me up and get me out
Keep me walking but never shout
"Hold the secret close", I hear you say

You know the way it throws about.
It takes you in and spits you out
It spits you out when you desire
to conquer it, to feel you're higher
To follow it you must be clean,
with mistakes that you do mean
Move the heart, switch the pace
Look for what seems out of place

Yeah on and on it goes, calling like a distant wind
Through the zero hour we'll walk... cut the thick and break the thin
No sound to break, no moment clear
when all the doubts are crystal clear
Crashing hard into the secret wind

You know the way it twists and turns
Changing colour, spinning yarns
You know the way it leaves you dry
It cuts you up, it takes you high
You know the way it's painted gold
Is it honey? Is it gold?
You know the way it throws about.
It takes you in and spits you out
It spits you out when you desire
to conquer it, to feel you're higher
To follow it you must be clean,
with mistakes that you do mean
Move the heart, switch the pace
Look for what seems out of place

And now I find the special kind
You, yourself, like sun through blinds
You lift me up and get me out
Keep me walking but never shout
It's okay... it goes this way
The line is thin, it twists away
Cuts you up, It throws about
Keep me walking, but never shout.

When I was w/ my ex it was Under the Milky Way Tonight by The Church (one of the most kickass songs evah-every song should have bagpipes!)
Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty,
Sound of their breath fades with the light.
I think about the loveless fascination,
Under the Milky Way tonight.

Lower the curtain down in Memphis,
Lower the curtain down all right.
I got no time for private consultation,
Under the Milky Way tonight.Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.
Wish I knew what you were looking for.
Might have known what you would find.

And it's something quite peculiar,
Something that's shimmering and white.
Leads you here despite your destination,
Under the Milky Way tonight
(Chorus)
Under the Milky Way tonight.
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:17 PM
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21. I vacillate between a couple of songs...
But I almost always come back to "Magdalena" by A Perfect Circle

Overcome by your
Moving temple
Overcome by this
Holiest of altars

So pure
So rare
To witness such an earthly goddess
That I've lost my self control
Beyond compelled to throw this dollar down before your
Holiest of altars

I'd sell
My soul
My self-esteem a dollar at a time

One chance
One kiss
One taste of you my magdalena

I bear witness
To this place, this prayer, so long forgotten
So pure
So rare
To witness such an earthly goddess

That I'd sell
My soul
My self-esteem a dollar at a time
For one chance
One kiss
One taste of you my black madonna

I'd sell
My soul
My self-esteem a dollar at a time

One taste
One taste
One taste of you my Magdalena
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:18 PM
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22. army of me
Stand up
You’ve got to manage
I won’t sympathize
Anymore

And if you complain once more
You’ll meet an army of me

You’re alright
There’s nothing wrong
Self-sufficience please!
And get to work

And if you complain once more
You’ll meet an army of me

You’re on your own now
We won’t save you
Your rescue-squad
Is too exhausted

And if you complain once more
You’ll meet an army of me


and...

hyper ballad

we live on a mountain
right at the top
there's a beautiful view
from the top of the mountain
every morning i walk towards the edge
and throw little things off
like:
car-parts, bottles and cutlery
or whatever i find lying around

it's become a habit
a way
to start the day

i go through this
before you wake up
so i can feel happier
to be safe up here with you

it's real early morning
no-one is awake
i'm back at my cliff
still throwing things off
i listen to the sounds they make
on their way down
i follow with my eyes 'til they crash
imagine what my body would sound like
slamming against those rocks

and when it lands
will my eyes
be closed or open?

i'll go through all this
before you wake up
so i can feel happier
to be safe up here with you


AND...

enjoy

i wish: i want to stay here
i wish: this be enough
i wish: i only love you
i wish: simplicity

look at the speed out there
it magnetizes me to it
and i have no fear
i'm only in to this to

enjoy

i wish i'd only look
and didn't have to touch
i wish i'd only smell this
and didn't have to taste

how can i ignore?
this is sex whitout touching
i'm going to explore
i'm only into this to

enjoy


http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Bella.html
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:20 PM
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23. I Fought the Law and the Law Won.
:D
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-05 07:22 PM
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36. I could have sworn it would have been...
JimmyJazz


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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 06:04 PM
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44. She's A Rebel and she's never gonna let him go!
:loveya: :shrug: :loveya:
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Ray Arias Donating Member (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:25 PM
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26. Yoda by Weird-Al Yankovic
Yoda (Parody of "Lola" by The Kinks)


I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah
Where it bubbles all the time
Like a giant carbonated soda
S-O-D-A, soda

I saw the little runt sitting there on a log
Well, I asked him his name
And in a raspy voice he said Yoda
Y-O-D-A, Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

Well, I'm not dumb
But I can't understand
How he can lift me in the air
Just by raising his hand
Oh my Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

Well, I've been around but I ain't never seen
A guy who looks like a muppet
But he's wrinkled and green
Oh my Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

Now, I left home just a week before
And I never ever been a Jedi before
But Obi-Wan he set me straight of course
He said, "Go to Yoda and he'll show you the Force"

Now, I'm not the kind that'll argue with Ben
So it looks I'm gonna start all over again
With my Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

So I used the force
I picked up a box
I lifted some rocks
And I stood on my head
But I won't forget what Yoda said, he said
"Luke, stay away from the darker side
And if you start to go astray let the Force be your guide"
Oh my Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

He said, "I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed
But, remember if you kill him then you'll be unemployed"
Oh my Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

Well, I heard my friends really got in a mess
So I'm gonna have to leave Yoda, I guess
But I know that I'll be coming back some day
I'll be playing this part till I'm old and grey

The long-term contract I had to sign
Says I'll be making these movies till the end of time
With my Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda
Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda

Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo Yoda...

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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 06:30 PM
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28. "Unwell," Matchbox 20
All day
Staring at the ceiling
Makin' friends with shadows on my wall
All night
Hearing voices telling me
that I should get some sleep
Because tomorrow might be good for something
Hold on
Feeling like I'm headed for a breakdown
and I don't know why

Well I'm not crazy
I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy
I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be

Me,
talking to myself in public
And dodging glances on the train
And I know
I know they've all been talkin' bout me
I can hear them whisper
And it makes me think there must be something wrong with me
Out of all the hours thinkin
Somehow I've lost my mind

Well I'm not crazy
I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy
I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be

I've been talkin in my sleep
Pretty soon they'll come to get me
Yeah, they're takin' me away

Well I'm not crazy
I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
I'm not crazy
I'm just a little impaired
I know, right now you don't care
But soon enough you're gonna think of me
And how I used to be
Yeah, How I used to be
How I used to be, yeah
Well I'm just a little unwell
How I used to be
(A little unwell)
How I used to be
I'm just a little unwell...
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 11:38 PM
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31. "Java Jive" by Manhattan Transfer (and others)
I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (boy!)

I love java, sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto, I’m a coffee pot
Shoot the pot and I’ll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Oh slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
And I’ll cut a rug just snug in a jug
A sliced up onion and a raw one
Draw one -
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Boston bean (soy beans)
Green bean (cabbage and greens)
I’m not keen about a bean
Unless it is a chili chili bean (boy!)

I love java sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto I’m a coffee pot (yeah)
Shoot me the pot and I’ll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup (yeah)

Slip me a slug of the wonderful mug
’an I’ll cut a rug just as snug in a jug
Drop a nickel in the pot joe
Takin’ it slow
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy!

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/manhattan-transfer/87466.html
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 11:41 PM
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32. The Princess Says This is HER Theme Song
Edited on Sun Apr-17-05 11:42 PM by CO Liberal
Bitch
Written by M. Brooks, S. Peiken


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


http://www.musicfanclubs.org/meredithbrooks/bitc.html
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-17-05 11:56 PM
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33. "Legend in my Living Room" Annie Lennox
It is sort of about naivete, hardship, and turning lemons into lemonade.

I also like "Blackbird" by the Beatles



When I was just seventeen I ran away from home
To be with all the pretty people
To be on my own
Bright lights and trains and bedsit stains
And pavements paved with gold
And I believed in everything that everybody told me

Have mercy
Have mercy on me

I found myself in a lonely place with a suitcase full of dreams
And I soon grew up to realize what living in the doghouse means
But everyday I told myself good things would happen soon
'cause I knew that I was going to be a legend in my living room

Have mercy
Have mercy on me

(Welcome to this perfect world)

Now everyday on a dead end street is where I spend my time
The dust has been collecting on the corners of my mind
But I've shed my tears in bitter drops until the thorn trees bloomed
To take the spiky fruit to crown myself the Queen of doom

Have mercy
Have mercy on me

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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-05 12:02 AM
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34. A Good Time by John Prine
Time was once just a clock to me
And life was just a book of 'ography'
Success was something you just had to be
And I would spend myself unknowingly

And you know that I could have me a million more friends
And all I’d have to lose is my point of view
But I had no idea what a good time would cost
Till last night when I sat and talked with you.

An apple will spoil if it’s been abused
A candle disappears when it’s been used
A rainbow may follow up a hurricane
And I can’t leave forever on a train

And you know that I’d survive if I never spoke again
And all I’d have to lose is my vanity
But I had no idea what a good time would cost
Till last night when you sat and talked with me.

You can smile for the lack of something else to do
And no one will laugh and point at you
If your tears didn’t always make me feel so bad
Would you still cry every time that you felt sad?
I thought I’d heard and seen enough to get along
Till you said something neither of us knew
And I had no idea what a good time would cost
Till last night when I sat and talked with you.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-05 12:12 AM
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35. Estimated Prophet
My time coming, any day, don't worry bout me, no
Been so long I felt this way, ain't in no hurry, no
Rainbows end down that highway where ocean breezes blow
My time coming, voices saying, they tell me where to go

Don't worry bout me, no no, don't worry bout me, no
And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go.

California, preaching on the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine

My time coming, anyday, don't worry bout me, no
It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so
Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin' slow
Still I know I lead the way, they tell me where I go

Don't worry bout me, no no, don't worry bout me, no
And I'm in no hurry, no no no, I know where to go

California, a prophet on the burning shore
California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
Like an angel, standing in a shaft of light
Rising up to paradise, I know I'm gonna shine

You've all been asleep,
You would not believe me
Them voices telling me,
You will soon receive me
We're standing on the beach,
The sea will part before me
(Fire wheel burning in the air)
And you will follow me,
And we will ride to glory
(Way up the middle of the air)

And I'll call down thunder
And speak the same
And my word fills the sky with flame
And might and glory gonna be my name
And men gonna light my way

My time coming, anyday, don't worry bout me, no
It's gonna be just like they say, them voices tell me so
Seems so long I felt this way and time sure passin slow
My time coming, anyday, don't worry about me, no

Don't worry about me...
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TroubleMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-05 07:29 PM
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37. Well, obviously it's "Trouble Man" by Marvin Gaye

That song deeply parallels my life. Hell, the song was even made on the same year I was born, like I was born into or something.
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-18-05 07:47 PM
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39. Nautilus - Bob James
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Guy Fawkes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 05:49 PM
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42. The Percalator...
or Flagpole Sitta' (Harvey Danger)
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 06:03 PM
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43. Dylan's FOREVER YOUNG
May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of change shift
May your heart always be joyful
AND may your song be always sung
May you be...FOR-Ever YOUNG!

O8) 'Nuff said,Mr. Z.
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Longgrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 06:05 PM
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45. Which one? Side one...or side two?
*pulls out Planet Waves CD*
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 06:07 PM
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46. 'Imperial March' from The Empire Strikes Back
:evilgrin:
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-19-05 06:25 PM
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47. "The Future's so bright, I gotta wear shades" by Timbuk 3
Lyrics:

I study nuclear science, I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher, he wears dark glasses

Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades, I gotta wear shades


I've got a job waiting for my graduation
Fifty thou' a year'll buy a lot of beer

Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades, I gotta wear shades

Well I'm heavenly blessed and worldly wise
I'm a peeping-tom techie with X-ray eyes

I study nuclear science, I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher, he wears dark glasses

Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing all right, getting good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades, I gotta wear shades

I gotta wear shades, I gotta wear shades
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