Lyrics You Love

UPTOWN TOP RANKING
(Althea Forrest / Donna Reid)
Althia & Donna - 1978

See me in me heels and ting
Dem check sey we hip and ting
True them no know and ting
We have them going and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots

See me pon the road I hear you call out to me
True you see mi inna pants and ting
See mi in a 'alter back
Sey mi gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Uptown Top Ranking

See mi in mi Benz and ting
Drivin' through Constant Spring
Them check sey me come from cosmo spring
But a true dem no know and ting
Dem no know sey we top ranking
Uptown Top Ranking

Shoulda see me and the ranking dread
Check how we jamming and ting
Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots

Watch how we chuck it and ting
Inna we khaki suit and ting
Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots

Love inna you heart dis a bawl out fe me
When you see me inna pants and ting
See me inna 'alter back
Sey me gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Uptown Top Ranking

See mi pon the road and hear you call out to me
True you see me in me pants and ting
See me inna 'alter back
Sey me gi' you heart attack
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Gimme likkle bass, make me wine up me waist
Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots

You shoulda see me and the ranking dread,
Check how we jamming and ting
Love is all I bring inna me khaki suit and ting
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots
Nah pop no style, a strictly roots

Limp Bizkit ~Break Stuff

It's just one of those days
when you don't wanna wake up,
evrythin is f@cked
everybody sucks
You don't really know why
but you wanna justify rippin someones head off

No human contact and if you interact
your life is on contract
your best bet is to stay away mutha f@ka
it's just one of those days

It's all about the he sez she sez bullsh!t
I think you better quit lettin sh!t slip
or you'll be leavin with a fat lip
It's all about the he sez she sez bullsh!t
I think you better quit talkin that sh!t

It's just one of those days
feelin like a freight train
First one to proclaim leaves with the bloodstain
your damn right I'm a maniac
you better watch your back cos'
I'm f@ckin your program(nice rhyming Fred)

and if you're stuck up
You just lucked up
next in line to get f@cked up
Your best bet is to stay away mutha f@ka
It's just one of those days

It's all about the he said she said bullsh!t.
I think you better quit lettin sh!t slip
Or you'll be leavin with a fat lip
It's all about the he said she said bullsh!t
I think you better quit talkin that sh!t, punk
So come and get it

I feel like sh!t...
My suggestion is to keep your distance
Cos right now I'm dangerous
We've all felt like sh!t
And been treated like sh!t
All those motherf@ckers, they want to step up
I hope ya know
I pack a chainsaw
I'll skin your a$$ raw
And if my day keeps going this way
I just might break something tonight
Give me something to break
I pack a chainsaw
I'll skin your a$$ raw
And if my day keeps going this way
I just might break your f@ckin' face tonight

Give me something to break
Just give me something to break
How 'bout your f@ckin' face?

I hope you know I pack a chainsaw, WHAT?
I hope you know I pack a chainsaw, a m@therf@ckin' chainsaw, what?
come and get it

It's all about the he said she said bullsh!t.
I think you better quit lettin sh!t slip
Or you'll be leavin with a fat lip
It's all about the he said she said bullsh!t
I think you better quit talkin that sh!t
So come and get it

When you don't see me...
It's not a matter of going to grow
It's not a matter of time or how I feel
I'm throwing off the shadow of a better man now
What you see is what you never had
Get real
Get another
I don't exist when you don't see me
I don't exist when you're not here
What the eye don't see won't break the heart
You can make believe when we're apart
But when you leave I disappear
When you don't see me...
Oh, it's kind of different when your there
You can lease the peace of mind
You bought a mask, I put it on
You never thought to ask me
If I wear it when you're gone
Get real
Get another
I don't exist when you don't see me
I don't exist when you're not here
What the eye don't see won't break the heart
You can make believe when we're apart
But when you leave I disappear
When you don't see me...
You never learned
You bought me
Everything and less
I turned
You couldn't let me move
I guess, I don't deny, it don't disprove
What you see is what you lost
If I were you I wouldn't try
Get real
Get another
I don't exist when you don't see me
I don't exist when you're not here
What the eye don't see won't break the heart
You can make believe when we're apart
But when you leave I disappear
When you don't see me...

One of the best lines ever

"You bought a mask, I put it on
You never thought to ask me
If I wear it when you're gone"

The Sisters of Mercy - When You Dont See Me

Moonspell~Luna

Bleed no reflection
Upon the waters that you fear
Make things happen

Accept no resignation
For some life has been cruel
You have set the mood

Thinking about you... Luna

Lay the serpent's egg
In this world of make believe
And make things real

My seed of a lunacy
Was a sign made to resist
A mood set from birth

Thinking about you... Luna

Show me your moon burns
Take me as the moon burns
The freezing moon
Making things real for me
The killing Moon
Making things happen for me

Luna - all above
Wound of light in the enemy skies
Make things happen for me

On the eve of self destruction
On the eve of all can be...Thinking about you

The very relatable lyrics of the Smith's "Girl Afraid"



Girl afraid
Where do his intentions lay?
Or does he even have any?

She says he never really looks at me
I give him every opportunity
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
In the room downstairs
He sat and stared
Ill never make that mistake again!

Ill never make that mistake again
Ill never make that mistake again

Boy afraid
Prudence never pays
And everything she wants costs money
But she doesn't even like me!
And I know because she said so
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
In the room downstairs
She sat and stared
Ill never make that mistake again!

I love this song

Humidity’s rising, Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Amen!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Amen! OW!

Humidity’s rising, Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

It’s Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It’s Raining Men! Amen
I'm gonna go out, I’m gonna let myself get,
Absolutely soaking wet!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Every Specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean

God bless Mother Nature, she's a single woman too
She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy

It's Raining Men!
Spoken: Don’t get yourself wet girl, I know you want to.
I …feel…stormy…weather…moving….in
About to begin
With…the…thunder…don’t…you…loose…your…head.
Rip off the roof and stay in bed!

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Amen!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Amen!

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Amen!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Amen!

It’s Raining Men, It’s Raining Men,
It’s Raining Men, It’s Raining Men,
It’s Raining Men, It’s Raining Men,
It’s Raining Men, It’s Raining Men…


Weather Girls - Its Raining Men

Mazzy Star -- Look On Down From the Bridge

Look on down from the bridge
There's still fountains down there
Look on down from the bridge
It's still raining, up here

Everybody seems so far away from me
Everybody just wants to be free
Look away from the sky
It's no different when you're leaving home

I can't be the same thing to you now
I'm just gone, just gone
How could I say goodbye
How could I say goodbye
Goodbye

Maybe I'll just place my hands over you
And close my eyes real tight
There's a light in your eyes
And you know, yeah, you know
Look on down from the bridge
I'm still waiting for you

This one does it for me right now

I've seen a light, haunting and bright
That won't give me any rest day and night
I heard a refrain it echoes your name.
I hear it again, again and again

And I cant let it go
Its madness I know
This feel that's churning and burning and tearing my soul

I'm in a story both funny and cruel
But am I the hero?
Or am I the fool?
A touch of your keys, unlocks and unfree's
But am I a prisoner or am I set free?
Natures dark passion has something to teach
But I let it go now its out of reach

The majestic force of a tidal wave
Washes over my head
Making me a slave
The power of these feelings that you gave me

I lie here awake
Did I make a mistake?
The sky grows dark
A storm musn't break
Life is unkind I'm loosing my mind.
My contract with fate is sealed and its signed

The demon, its poison has taken its toll
Chaos and madness have fractured the whole
But what can i do? This vision of you
Has branded my heart
And sealed my soul

The majestic force of a tidal wave
Washes over my head
Making me a slave
The power of these feelings that you gave me.

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down.
We make a little history baby
Every time you come around.
Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down.
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around.

We talk about it all night long
We define our moral ground.
But when I crawl into your arms
Everything comes tumbling down.

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down.
We make a little history baby
Every time you come around.

Your face has fallen sad now
For you know the time is nigh
When I must remove your wings
And you, you must try to fly.

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down.
We make a little history baby
Every time you come around.
Come loose your dogs upon me
And let your hair hang down.
You are a little mystery to me
Every time you come around.

^^That is beautiful, Mrs. D.

Bob Seger -- The Fire Inside

There's a hard moon rising on the streets tonight
There's a reckless feeling in your heart as you head out tonight
Through the concrete canyons to the midtown light
Where the latest neon promises are burning bright

Past the open windows on the darker streets
Where unseen angry voices flash and children cry
Past the phony posers with their worn out lines
The tired new money dressed to the nines
The low life dealers with their bad designs
And the dilettantes with their open minds

You're out on the town, safe in the crowd
Ready to go for the ride
Searching the eyes, looking for clues
There's no way you can hide
The fire inside

Well you've been to the clubs and the discotheques
Where they deal one another from the bottom of a deck of promises
Where the cautious loners and emotional wrecks
Do an acting stretch as a way to hide the obvious
And the lights go down and they dance real close
And for one brief instant they pretend they're safe and warm

Then the beat gets louder and the mood is gone
The darkness scatters as the lights flash on
They hold one another just a little too long
And they move apart and then move on

On to the street, on to the next
Safe in the knowledge that they tried
Faking the smile, hiding the pain
Never satisfied
The fire inside

Now the hour is late and he thinks you're asleep
You listen to him dress and you listen to him leave
Like you knew he would
You hear his car pull away in the street
Then you move to the door and you lock it
When he's gone for good

Then you walk to the window and stare at the moon
Riding high and lonesome through a starlit sky
And it comes to you how it all slips away
Youth and beauty are gone one day
No matter what you dream or feel or say
It ends in dust and disarray

Like wind on the plains, sand through the glass
Waves rolling in with the tide
Dreams die hard and we watch them erode
But we cannot be denied
The fire inside

Loreena McKennitt -- "The Old Ways"

The pounding sea is calling me home to you
The thundering waves are calling me home to you

On a dark New Year's night
On the west coast of Clare
I heard your voice singing
Your eyes danced the song
Your hands played the tune
T'was a vision before me.

We left the music behind and the dance carried on
As we stole away to the seashore
We smelt the brine, felt the wind in our hair
And with sadness you paused.

Suddenly I knew that you'd have to go
Your world was not mine, your eyes told me so
Yet it was there I felt the crossroads of time
And I wondered why.

As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea
A vision came o'er me
Of thundering hooves and beating wings
In clouds above.

As you turned to go I heard you call out my name,
You were like a bird in a cage spreading its wings to fly
"The old ways are lost," you sang as you flew
And I wondered why.

The thundering waves are calling me home to you
The pounding sea is calling me home to you

Tom Waits -- "Reeperbahn"

Round the curve of The Parrot Bar
A broken-down old movie star
Hustling and Easterner
Bringing out the beast in her
A high dive in a swimming pool
Filled with needles and with fools
The memories are short but the tales are long
Down there on the Reeperbahn

They called her Rosie when she was a girl
For her bright red cheeks and her strawberry curls
When she would laugh the river would run
She said she'd become a comedian
Oh what a pity, oh what a shame
When she said come calling, nobody came
Now her bright red cheeks are painted on
And she's laughing her head off in the Reeperbahn

Now little Hans was always strange
Wearing women's under things
His father beat him but he wouldn't change
He ran off with a man one day
Now his lingerie is all the rage
In the black on every page
His father proudly calls his name
Down there in the Reeperbahn

Now if you've lost your inheritance
And all you've left is common sense
And you're not too picky about the crowd you keep
Or the mattress where you sleep
Behind every window, behind every door
The apple is gone but there's always the core
The seeds will sprout up right through the floor
Down there in the Reeperbahn
Down there in the Reeperbahn

Diva mentioned Rush in the Guilty Pleasures thread... I'm reminded of how much I like these lyrics:

Rush -- "Limelight"

Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage.

Cast in this unlikely role,
Ill-equipped to act,
With insufficient tact,
One must put up barriers
To keep oneself intact.

Living in the Limelight,
The universal dream
For those who wish to seem.
Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation,
Get on with the fascination,
The real relation,
The underlying theme.

Living in a fisheye lens,
Caught in the camera eye.
I have no heart to lie.
I can't pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend.

All the world's indeed a stage,
And we are merely players,
Performers and portrayers,
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage.

^^I love love LOVE this song! I'm gonna go listen to it now.