We're Doomed....We're Screwed....All Is Lost....

Tom Lehrer

Going Down Slow ===== Howlin Wolf

I have had my fun if I never get well no more.
I have had my fun if I never get well no more.
All of my health is failing;
Lord, I'm going down slow,

I'm going down slow.
Please write my mother and tell her the shape I'm in.
Please write my mother and tell her the shape I'm in.
Tell her to pray for me,
Forgive me for my sin,
For all of my sin.

On the next train south, look for my clothes back home.
On the next train south, look for my clothes back home.
'Cause all of my health is failing;
Lord, I'm going down slow,
I'm going down slow.

All of my health is failing;
Lord, I'm going down slow,
I'm going down slow.

Feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.
I feel like I'm going, like I'm going down slow.


Let's hope the Grim Reaper takes Amex

Yes we'll gather at the river
The beautiful the beautiful river

Well, if I had to do it all over again,
Babe, I'd do it all over you.
And if I had to wait for ten thousand years,
Babe, I'd even do that too.
Well, a dog's got his bone in the alley,
A cat, she's got nine lives,
A millionaire's got a million dollars,
King Saud's got four hundred wives.
Well, ev'rybody's got somethin'
That they're lookin' forward to.
I'm lookin' forward to when I can do it all again
And babe, I'll do it all over you.

Well, if I had my way tomorrow or today,
Babe, I'd run circles all around.
I'd jump up in the wind, do a somersault and spin,
I'd even dance a jig on the ground.
Well, everybody gets their hour,
Everybody gets their time,
Little David when he picked up his pebbles,
Even Sampson after he went blind.
Well, everybody gets the chance
To do what they want to do.
When my time arrives you better run for your life
'Cause babe, I'll do it all over you.

Well, I don't need no money, I just need a day that's sunny,
Baby, and my days are gonna come.
And I grab me a pint, you know that I'm a giant
When you hear me yellin', "Fee-fi-fo-fum."
Well, you cut me like a jigsaw puzzle,
You made me to a walkin' wreck,
Then you pushed my heart through my backbone,
Then you knocked off my head from my neck.
Well, if I'm ever standin' steady
A-doin' what I want to do,
Well, I tell you little lover that you better run for cover
'Cause babe, I'll do it all over you.

I'm just restin' at your gate so that I won't be late
And, momma, I'm a-just sittin' on the shelf.
Look out your window fair and you'll see me squattin' there
Just a-fumblin' and a-mumblin' to myself.
Well, after my cigarette's been smoked up,
After all my liquor's been drunk,
After my dreams are dreamed out,
After all my thoughts have been thunk,
Well, after I do some of these things,
I'm gonna do what I have to do.
And I tell you on the side, that you better run and hide
'Cause babe, I'll do it all over you.

In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refused to shine
People tell me there ain't no use in tryin'

Now my girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true
You'll be dead before your time is due, I know

Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
Watched his hair been turnin' grey
He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
Oh yes I know it

(Yeah!) He's been workin' so hard
(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
(Yeah!) Every night and day
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
'cause girl, there's a better life for me and you

Now my girl you're so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true, yeah
You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it

Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'
Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah
He's been workin' and slavin' his life away
I know he's been workin' so hard

(Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby
(Yeah!) Every day baby
(Yeah!) Whoa!
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
Somewhere baby, somehow I know it

We gotta get out of this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place
Girl, there's a better life for me and you
Believe me baby
I know it baby
You know it too

Wouldn't it be nice
To get on with me neighbours
But they make it very clear
They've got no room for ravers
They stop me from groovin',
They bang on me wall
They doing me crust in
It's no good at all
Lazy Sunday afternoon
I got no mind to worry
I close my eyes and drift away
Here we all are sittin' in a rainbow
Gore blimey hello Mrs Jones
How's old Bert's lumbago (mustn't grumble)
I'll sing you a song,
With no words and no tune
To sing in your party
While you suss-out the moon
Lazy Sunday afternoon,
I got no mind to worry
Close my eyes and drift away
Root-de-doo-de-doo
Root-de-doot-de die day
Root-de doot de dum
Root-de-doo-de-doo dee
There's no one to hear me,
There's nothing to say
And no one can stop me
From feelin' this way
Lazy Sunday afternoon
I've got no mind to worry
Close my eyes and drift away

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will
But what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Kiss me baby Mmmmm Feels good
Hold me baby
Well I want your loving like a lover should
You're fine
So kind
Got to tell this world that you're mine mine mine
I chew my nails and twiddle my thumbs
I'm real nervous but it sure is fun
Come on baby
You drive me crazy
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

I never broke your windows
I never broke your rules
I never took to your tender ventetta
I didn't touch your family jewels
Revenge is a strong emotion
Friction is the mother of pearl
It's a disapproving, disappointing, disappearing world

I didn't burn your house down
I didn't break your hearts
I never tried to steal your car
I wouldn't know where to start
Don't blame me if your life's a bore
Not gonna look at your curves
Don't point your finger anymore
You're getting on my nerves

Your tepid shallows of a failing brain...

...

There's no point in asking us you'll get no reply
Oh just remenber a don't decide
I got no reason it's all too much
you'll always find us
Out to lunch !

Oh we're so pretty oh so pretty VACANT
but now AND WE DON'T CARE

Don't ask us to attend cos we're not all there
Oh don't pretend cos I don't care
I don't believe illusions cos too much is real
so stop your cheap comment
cos we know what we feel

We're pretty pretty vacant
We're pretty pretty vay-****
And we don't CARE

...

**** Cranbrook
**** a beat,
I go a cappella,
**** a Papa Doc, **** a clock,
**** a trailer, **** everybody
**** y'all if you doubt me !
I'm a piece of ****in' white trash,
I say it proudly
And **** this battle,
I don't want to win,
I'm outahere

Tonight My Baby's Coming Home Lyrics

Last night he called from Dallas he was havin' a beer at the Crystal Palace
He said honey you won't be alone for long
I got to make just one more stop to pick up a ring in Little Rock
And I'm gonna head this semi straight for home
Fourteen wheels a whinin' four big headlights shinin'
Him and that semi been away too long
Hope he don't get stop from speedin' cause I've got everything he's needin'
Waitin' for him right here at home
He's got that big ole engine singin' singin' my favorite song
And I know he's headin' my way rollin' down the highway
Tonight my baby's comin' home
[ guitar ]
Ten thousand miles I've missed him it's been a week since I kissed him
And forty truckstops since I held him tight
A million chick and he can get 'em they wanna make love and he won't let 'em
The only thing he wants he'll get tonight
He's got that big ole engine singin'...
And I know he's headin' my way...
I know he's headin' my way...
I know he's headin' my way...
I know he's headin' my way...

I just came up on a midnight special, how about that
My car broke down in Texas, stopped dead in her tracks
I just called to tell you that I want you
I want to tell you how I feel
I feel like some old engine
Lost my drivin' wheel
I took my money on a night train north, what a terrible flight
But I made my promise to be there with you on Saturday night
I just called to tell you that I need you
I need to tell you how I feel
You can't say much in a phone call baby, ah you know how it is
But there's one short little thing I've got to say girl, please listen to this
I called to tell you that I love you
I'd love to tell you how I feel

Well, all I want is a love that's hot
Can't be sold, can't be bought
Yeah, love that don't try to be somethin' it's not

Well, all I need is a love that's real
None can rob and none can steal
Hey, love that moves like a drivin' wheel
Well, all I want is drivin' wheel
All I want is a drivin' wheel
All 'round love my ideal
Well, all I want is love that's right
To hold onto with all my might
Hey, early in the mornin' and late at night
Well, all I want is drivin' wheel
All I want is a drivin' wheel
Hey, all 'round love my ideal
All I want is a drivin' wheel
All I want is a drivin' wheel
Hey, all 'round love my ideal
All I want is a drivin' wheel
All I want is a drivin' wheel
Well, all 'round love my ideal

Gen'rals gathered in their masses,
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction,
Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning,
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind,
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord Yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave thier role to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds,
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah

Now in darkness world stops turning,
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more War Pigs have the power,
And as God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the war pigs crawling,
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
Oh Lord Yeah!

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the foe, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they'd all flown in the last war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
For I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are out-phased, by-the-bye
And the party on the left
Is now party on the right
And their beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

Links to part of The Who Lyrics

Jethro Tull Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day lyrics
Meanwhile back in the year One - when you belonged to no - one -
You didn't stand a chance son, if your pants were undone.
`Cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society -
One day you'll wake up in the Present Day -
A million generations removed from expectations
Of being who you really want to be.

Skating away -
Skating away -
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.

So as you push off from the shore,
Won't you turn your head once more - and make your peace with everyone?
For those who choose to stay,
Will live just one more day -
To do the things they should have done.
And as you cross the wilderness, spinning in your emptiness:
You feel you have to pray.
Looking for a sign
That the Universal Mind (!) has written you into the Passion Play.

Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.

And as you cross the circle line, the ice - wall creaks behind -
You're a rabbit on the run.
And the silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye -
Shining in the setting sun.
Well, do you ever get the feeling that the story's
Too damn real and in the present tense?
Or that everybody's on the stage, and it seems like
You're the only person sitting in the audience?

Would you care for another cup of tea, dear?

Thrill, thrill, thrill
Kill, kill, kill

Make a scene
Knock off a dean
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Bump off a square
That's what it's about
Hate is in
Love is out

Kill, kill, kill
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Artist(Band):Van MorrisonMidnight Special Lyrics

Let the midnight special
Let the midnight special
Shine its light on me
Shine a light on me,
Let the midnight special
Let the midnight...
Shine its ever-loving light on me
Ever loving light on me.

Yonder come miss Rosey,
How in the world do you know,
How in the world do you know ?
Well, I know her by her apron
And the dress she wore.
Umbrella on her shoulder,
A piece of paper in her hand,
She gonna tell old John
She want back her man,
She want back her man.

Let the midnight special
Let the midnight special
Shine its light on me
Shine a light on me.
Let the midnight special
Let the midnight...
Shine its ever-loving light on me
Ever loving light on...

If you ever go to Houston,
Yeah, you better walk right,
You'd better not gamble
And sure thing better not fight.
The next thing you know
The sheriff gonna arrest you
And some judge send you down
And you can bet your bottom dollar
Lord, you'll be chaingang bound,
Chaingang bound.

Let the midnight special
Let the midnight
Shine its light on me
Shine, shine, shine, shine,
Let the midnight special
Shine on,
Shine its ever-loving light on me
Shine on me, yeah.

Let the midnight special
Shine, shine, shine,
Shine its light on me
Shine, shine on me,
Let the midnight special
Way into midnight,
Shine its ever-loving light on me
Way into midnight, baby,
Let the midnight special
Waah...

ala Ray Charles

The other night
As I lay sleeping
Wo-o I dreamed I held you
Held you in my arms
When I woke up this morning
I found out I was mistaken
Wo-o you are my sunshine
My only sunshine
Little girl you make me happy sometimes
When my skies are gray
Mmm Hmmm You'll never never never know
Just how mch I love you
Don't want you to take my sunshine away
(Raylette sings) You told me once dear
That you really loved me
Wo-o yeah And no one else could ever come between Yeah
Now you've left me
And you love another Wo-o yeah
And you have shattered Wo-o
All of my dreams
(All together) Wo-o You are my sunshine
Wo-o My only sunshine
Little girl you make me happy sometimes
When my skies are gray
Don't want you to take
My sunshine away

All Our Sons and Daugters

I've got a question can you answer me
Do you sleep when you're alone
Hey all you captains of industry
You line your pockets but you poison me

You're sitting on the edge of an emergency
Tell me how you sleep at night

Poison in the water
Breaking down the chain
For all our sons and daughters
Something's got to change

You work behind a veil of secrecy
You got the power on your side
I've got a question will you answer me
Where will you run where will you hide

You're sitting on the edge of an emergency
Staring at a loaded gun

Poison in the water
Breaking down the chain
For all our sons and daughters
Something's got to change

Hey all you short sighted business men
There's more to this than meets the eye
You keep on taking we pay the price
Just take a look up at the sky

We're staring at the face of an emergency
You're looking out for number one

Poison in the water
Breaking down the chain
For all our sons and daughters
Something's got to change

Wilso -

Letty - I -love- Jethro tull. Saw them live in concert, Ian Anderson is still kickin!

dyslexia-
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"Well, if I had to do it all over again,
Babe, I'd do it all over you.
And if I had to wait for ten thousand years,
Babe, I'd even do that too.
Well, a dog's got his bone in the alley,
A cat, she's got nine lives,
A millionaire's got a million dollars,
King Saud's got four hundred wives.
Well, ev'rybody's got somethin'
That they're lookin' forward to.
I'm lookin' forward to when I can do it all again
And babe, I'll do it all over you.... "

Who/what is this?

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Pagan Poetry

Pedalling through
The dark currents
I find
An accurate copy
A blueprint
Of the pleasure
In me

Swirling black lilies totally ripe
A secret code carved
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
A secret code carved

He offers
A handshake
Crooked
Five fingers
They form a pattern
Yet to be matched

On the surface simplicity
But the darkest pit in me
It's pagan poetry
Pagan poetry

Morsecoding signals (signals)
They pulsate (wake me up) and wake me up
(pulsate) from my hibernate

On the surface simplicity
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
But the darkest pit in me
It's pagan poetry
Swirling black lilies totally ripe
Pagan poetry

Swirling black lilies totally ripe
....

I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
I love him, I love him
She loves him, she loves him

This time
She loves him, she loves him
I'm gonna keep me to myself
She loves him, she loves him
She loves him, she loves him
This time
I'm gonna keep my all to myself
She loves him, she loves him
And he makes me want to hand myself over
She loves him, she loves him
She loves him, she loves him
And he makes me want to hand myself over

-=-----Bachelorette

I'm a fountain of blood
In the shape of a girl
You're the bird on the brim
Hypnotised by the Whirl

Drink me, make me feel real
Wet your beak in the stream
Game we're playing is life
Love is a two way dream

Leave me now, return tonight
Tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bay

I'm a path of cinders
Burning under your feet
You're the one who walks me
I'm your one way street

I'm a whisper in water
Secret for you to hear
You are the one who grows distant
When I beckon you near

Leave me now, return tonight
The tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bay

I'm a tree that grows hearts
One for each that you take
You're the intruder hand
I'm the branch that you break
Hum-yeah!
** Icelandic part **

(also Bjork)
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[To the tune of Bob Dylan's rainy day women]

The March of Tired

I'm tired,no-bo-dy tell me what to do
I'm tired and I'm not list-en-ing to you
I wan-ted to warn you that if you talk to me
I won't pay atten-tion to your soft muf-fl-ing
So, if talking this way is nar-cis-sistic,
And you're probab-ly tired too, //
March your feet home you know the sit-u-ation,
And on your way there tell folks that you're tired too.
Everyone will turn around in their driveway
The cars will stall at green lights on the street
And no one will be mo-ving on the crosswalks,
No one will be shuffling their feet-
(to work.)
So everyone pray for snow and get in bed
Cover your nose and feet - and play dead
This is the only way to get ahead
If everyone is tired.

(repeat as often as desired.)

Copyright 2004 Mariko Frost.