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And let that be a lesson to you. :D
The definitive version of this song can be found on Sting’s live opus of the mid-eighties.. Bring on the Night
This song was apparently penned late one night in 1983 in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where according to it’s creator “You can’t move for vampires after midnight” :shock: A deliciously eccentric, eerie and postively “cool” little tune.. inspired by Anne Rice’s novel Interview with a Vampire
.. and well.. urm yet again.. I find posting it on here somewhat.. erm… apt ..:roll:
MOON OVER BOURBON STREET
There’s a moon over Bourbon Street tonight
I see faces as they pass beneath the pale lamplight
I’ve no choice but to follow that call
The bright lights
The people
And the moon and allI pray every day to be strong
For I know what I do must be wrong
Oh you’ll never see my shape
Or hear the sound of my feet
While there’s a moon over Bourbon StreetIt was many years ago
That I became what I am
I was trapped in this life
Like an innocent lamb
Now I can never show my face at noon
And you’ll only see me walking
By the light of the moonThe brim of my hat
Hides the eye of a beast
I’ve the face of a sinner
But the hands of a Priest
Oh you’ll never see my shape
Or hear the sound of my feet
While there’s a moon over Bourbon StreetShe walks every day
Through the streets of New Orleans
She is innocent and young
From a family of means
I have stood
Many times
Outside her window at night
To struggle with my instinct
In the pale moonlightHow could I be this way?
When I pray to God above..
I must love what I destroy
And destroy the thing I loveOh you’ll never see my shape
Or hear the sound of my feet
While there’s a moon over Bourbon Street..STING
Once Again ……Brian McKnight
I can’t believe that Cupid was a liar
When he shot you and me
We were meant to be
How could I have let
You turn and walk away
Right out of my life
If I’m wrong or right
Can’t take another sleepless night
Chorus:
We could never ever be just friends
My heart is in my hands
And I’m ankle deep in sinking sand
I miss you so upon my knees I bend
And pray someday you’ll want me back again
I pray someday you’ll love me once againOh yeah
Got to find a way to get
Your head back on my shoulder
Holdin’ back the tears
The future’s so unclear
I never meant to hurt
The one I love the most
If I could just rewind the hands of time
To the days I had you hereChorus
Doctor can’t you give me something
Something to help me ease the pain
Can I come in from the rainChorus:
We could never ever be just friends
My heart is in your hands
And I’m ankle deep in sinking sand
I miss you so upon my knees I bend
And pray someday you’ll want me back again
And pray someday you’ll want me back again
I pray someday you’ll love me once againGuess it’s bye-bye, baby, bye-bye
Guess it’s bye-bye, baby, bye-byeIf you will, devil may ride
Invitation makes you feel fly
If you will, devil may ride
Well, the invitation makes you feel fly
If you will, devil will ride
Well, the invitation makes you feel fly
Did you ever even try
When the inspiration’s set to run dry?Well, everybody wants a good time
Yeah, and everybody wants a good time
It’s a goodbyeWorld going mad out there
Throw away all of your treasured possessions
‘Cause even the Royal Mail
Can’t deliver us from what we’ve got into
Guess it’s bye-bye, baby, bye-bye
Guess it’s bye-bye, baby, bye-bye
You know itOh, so good I could just live for this lie
Oh, ’cause everybody wants to get byIt’s too easy to like this living
Been taking it easy again
It’s too easy to like this livingIf you will, the devil will ride
But the invitation makes you feel fly
Did you ever even try
When the inspiration’s set to run dry?
Did you ever even writhe
When the conversation turned to a guy?And everybody wants a good time
Yeah, and everybody wants a good time
It’s a goodbyeWorld going mad out there
Throw away all of your treasured possessions
Not even the Royal Mail
Can deliver us from what we’ve got into
Guess it’s bye-bye, baby, bye-bye
Guess it’s bye-bye, baby, bye-byeDevil will ride
If you will, devil will ride
If you will, devil will ride
If you will, devil will rideGomez ~ Devil Will Ride :lol:
Goodbye My Lover – James Blunt
Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
‘Cause I saw the end before we’d begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what’s mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won’t stop there,
I am here for you if you’d only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I’ve kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I’ve been addicted to you.Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can’t break my spirit – it’s my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I’ve seen you cry, I’ve seen you smile.
I’ve watched you sleeping for a while.
I’d be the father of your child.
I’d spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We’ve had our doubts but now we’re fine,
And I love you, I swear that’s true.
I cannot live without you.Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I’m asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I’m kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I’m so hollow, baby, I’m so hollow.
I’m so, I’m so, I’m so hollow.Bridge Over Troubled Water
When you’re weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes, I’ll dry them all.
I’m on your side, oh, when times get rough and friends just can’t be found,
like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down.When you’re down and out, when you’re on the street,
when evening falls so hard, I’ll comfort you.
I’ll take your part, oh, when darkness comes and pain is all around,
like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water, I will lay me down.Sail on silver girl, sail on by. Your time has come to shine, All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine, oh and when you need a friend, I’m sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water, I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water, I will ease your mind.Drive Away
You drive away the best of you, that’s all that’s left to say
You leave me with the rest of you, you’ve made it on your way
I need a call to say from you, just before you go
The more that I’ve been close with you, the door was always closedDrive away and all – theres nothing you should say
Drive away and all – we’re travellers anywayGetting up and straight you go, there’s nothing left to say
Begging’s not my place you know, you wouldn’t hear it anyway
‘Cos all the days I begged you stay, I saw it made you blind
It’s more than I can really say, what is it that traps you all insideDrive away and all – theres nothing you should say
Drive away and all – we’re travellers anywayYou made it all get so uptight, I made it in between
You went and wronged all the rights, then you hid behind your screen
You’re headed where I just don’t know, I think you’ve gone inside
I hope the world looks good from there, well I hope it looks allrightWe never made it all the way
We never made it all the way
You take the best of you
I keep the rest of youDrive away and all – theres nothing you should say
Drive away and all – we’re travellers anywayOutside Of A Circle
Saturday afternoon
The sunshine pours like wine
Through your window
But I know that golden June can turn an empty grey
‘Gainst your window
And I feel like
I’m on the outside of a circleand if I walk by the trees
I catch the falling leaves
If the wind blows
But I know that all this means
Is whiling on the hours
Watching side-showsAnd I feel like
I’m on the outside of a circleWill I turn my coat to the rain
I don’t know
But I’m going somewhere
I can warm my bonesFare you well
I’ll carry me away
And sing to those I know
Upon their birthdaysI won’t feel like like I’m on the outside…
I won’t feel like like I’m on the outside…
I won’t feel like like I’m on the outside of a circleLast December
I walked in hyde park last year
I hope to walk there next yearWhat the grey clouds are bringing
Nobody knowsWe walked a man accross the moon
but all we learn
We learn too soonWhat the grey clouds are bringing
Nobody knowsIf there is a party, are we going?
for the end of all we been knowingI reach for you now
Yes I reach for you nowWhat the grey clouds are bringing
Nobody knowsIf there is a party, are we going?
or is it the end of hope that we been knowingI walked in hyde park last year
I hope to walk there next yearWhat the grey clouds are bringing
Nobody knowsAnother Time to Stay
Had another dream oh yeah,
The play was rolling slowly
Had another dream oh yeah
But I could not see you only
Just hold me
‘Cos lying in your arms its you I have
Yeah lying in your arms its you I haveThis is Another Time to Stay
This is Another Time to Stay
Though it don’t think my dreams will see the dayAll of us bring a smile
Mine’s broken, please stayThis is Another Time to Stay
spreading the ocs word soulie :D
yeah, noticed.. all depressing songs there.. lol
its how i’m feeling right now
Some like wine and some like hops
but what I really love is my scotch
It’s the power, the power of positive drinkingSome people ruin their drinks with ice
and then they, they ask you for advice
They tell you, “I’ve never told anyone this before”They say: “Candy is dandy but liquor makes quipsters.”
and I don’t like mixers, or sippers or sob sisters,
You know, you have to be real careful where you sit down
in a bar these daysAnd then some people drink to unleash their libidos
and other people drink to prop up their egos
It’s my burdon, man, people say
I have the kind of face you can trustThe pow pow pow pow power of positive drinking X5
Some people say, alcohol makes you less lucid
and think that’s true if you’re kind of stupid
I’m not that kind that get’s himself burned twiceAnd some say liquor kills the cells in your head
and for that matter so does getting out of bed
When I exit, I’ll go out gracefully, shot in my handThe pow pow pow pow power of positive drinking
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