Revenge of the cool lyric thread!

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Diamond Dreamers - words and music by Gary Trainer
Atomic Swindlers

Hologram Rose floats in Ste-re-o
She is a Twenty-third Century Girl
Like an Egyptian Queen with laser wings
She explores the cool light seas
Across the galaxies with zero gravity
She drifts in a radio haze
And dreams of Vic-tor- y
To be eternity free
Silver stars splash against her cheeks

Oh, Diamond Dreamers,
Super Space Sleepers
Nothing will stop you from Shi----ning.
Open all dream lines, fall into future skies
Diiiiiiiamonds explode.

Jukebox Tom lives in a hydrogen bomb
He was a replica of himself
A Broken Astronaut with invasion shock
He forgot to light his other half
As his capsule drifts into a black hole shift
Rose captures it all on film
She Begins to play it back
In rapid fire blasts
As Tom scatters in a radio laugh

Oh, Diamond Dreamers,
Super Space Sleepers
Nothing will stop you from Shi----ning.
Open all dream lines, fall into future skies
Diiiiiiiamonds explode.

Chaos Twins begin to Shed-their-skin
As they orbit endless galaxies
Electric nova myths
With telepathic gifts they
Seek dangers in the cool light seas
So Jukebox Tom begins his infinite job
Blasting off into a blue collapse
A Nitro Private Eye
With a hologram life
Captivated by their Other Half

Oh, Diamond Dreamers,
Super Space Sleepers
Nothing will stop you from Shi----ning.
Open all dream lines, fall into future skies
Oh, Diamond Dreamers,
Super Space Sleepers
Diiiiiiiamonds
Explode.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

from Float (my Electric Stargirl)-
Atomic Swindlers

I wanted to shine like the silver surfer
A cosmic queen of the stars
Now I'm just a killer on a wave less sea
Weightless and free
Your voice is all that's left of me

The planet earth swings out of view
The dark side of the moon is cruel
I hold the blue inside
And stare out at the Milky Way
Lost in my wonderful decay
Do you feel all right
I light another cigarette
And float through the night
And float through the night

[Archon]

I believe in the sand beneath my toes,
The beach gives a feeling,
An earthy feeling,
I believe in the faith that grows,
And the four right chords can make me cry,
When I'm with you I feel like I could die.
And that would be all right,

[Chimera]

Oops--I saw this too late and revived the other thread.  

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

thats ok, I figure if something goes off page 1 its in the dead book.

[Chimera]

There's a light at each end of this tunnel, you shout
But you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
These mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song.
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer
inside of me, threatening the life they belong to.
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
oh breathe, just breathe.

From Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick

(The first and third verse are how I feel about life, and the middle verse is totally how I feel about my writing. Such a cool song.)

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

A Gallon of Gas - Kinks
I've been waiting for years to buy a brand new cadillac
But now that I've got one I want to send it right back
I can't afford the gas to fill my luxury limousine
But even if I had the dough no one's got no gasoline

I went to my local dealer to see if he could set me straight
He said there's a little gas going but I'd have to wait
But he offered some red hot speed and some really high grade hash
But a gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere for any amount of cash

I can score you some coke and some grade one grass
But I can't get a gallon of gas
I've got some downers some speed all the drugs that you need
But I can't get a gallon of gas
There's no more left to buy or sell
There's no more oil left in the well
A gallon of gas can't be purchased anywhere
For any amount of cash


I love your body-work, but you're really no use
How can I drive you when I got no juice?
Because its stuck in neutral and my engine's got no speed
And the highways are deserted
And the air smells unnaturally clean.

Its got power-assisted overdrive and carpets on the floor,
But its parked out front just like a dead dinosaur.
And Ill be paying off the bank for 45 years or more.
It should go 100 miles an hour,
But it?s never moved away from my door.

Who needs a car and a seven-forty-seven
When you can't buy a gallon of gas
Who needs a highway, an airport or a jet
When you can't get a gallon of gas
There's no more left to buy or sell
There's no more oil left in the well
A gallon of gas can?t be purchased anywhere
For any amount of cash
You can't buy a gallon of gas

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

She Moves in Secret Ways- Polly Paulusma
On a river of sighs
A boat came towards me
A flimsy disguise
Covered the devil
Who sang from a songsheet
Of how modern lifes a bore

In his choirboys attire
He sang me the life to which
Good girls aspire
Where men in white coats
Give us pills to tame the horses that stamp on our floors
And pills for when the horses have bolted out the door

Its hard to explain
I dont like hanging on to reins in my hands all the time
Im running out of trails
Worn paths dont lead to where I need to get to every time
She moves in secret ways
And there is grace and poised perfection when she takes the helm
She moves in secret ways

Now the house is on fire
The rats are all screaming
The horses are tired
They think theyre still dreaming
Cause the barn doors are open
The crossbar is hanging in the wind

So the devils sings higher
"Oh just look at what youre doing!";
Yeah, hes joined by a choir
Of doctors and statesmen Who plan their sorry lives
To the last day's end
But look at all the happy things that happen by accident.

Its hard to explain
I dont like hanging on to reins in my hands all the time
Im running out of trails
Worn paths dont lead to where I need to get to every time
She moves in secret ways
And there is grace and poised perfection when she takes the helm
She moves in secret

Days gone by I thought I had it all
Filed in little boxes.
Now I find I never had control
I just took little chances and won

Now the devils downstream
Hes singing to someone
My horses are free.
They answer to no-one
Unbridled, untethered
They roam on the unmarked land

In my house theres a calm
A peace has descended
No need for alarm
Its as she intended
Im through with trying to fight the things I dont understand
Accept my sweet surrender to the greater, better plan

Its hard to explain
I dont like hanging on to reins in my hands all the time
Im running out of trails
Worn paths dont lead to where I need to get to every time
She moves in secret ways
And there is grace and poised perfection when she takes the helm
She moves in secret ways
She moves in secret ways
She moves in secret ways

[Legion]

Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By

   Summer time and the wind is blowing,
   Outside in lower Chelsea.
   And I don't know what I'm doing in this city
   The sun is always in my eyes,
   it crashes through the windows,
   And I'm sleeping on the couch,
   When I came to visit you,
   That's when I knew,
   I could never have you
   I knew that before you did,

   Still I'm feeling stupid,
   And there's this burning,
   Like there's always been,
   I've never been so alone,
   And I've never been so alive.

   Visions of you on a motorcycle drive by,
   Cigarette ash flies in your eyes,
   And you don't mind,
   And you smile,
   And say the world doesn't fit with you.

   I don't believe you,
   You're so serene. Careening through the universe,
   Your axis on a tilt,
   Guiltless and free,
   I hope you take a piece of me with you,

   And there's things I'd like to do that,
   You don't believe in,
   I would like to build something,
   You know it's never going to happen,

   And there's this burning.
   Like there's always been I've never been so alone.
   And I've never been so alive,
   Where's the soul.
   I want to know,
   New York City is evil.
   The surface is everything,
   but I could never do that,
   Someone would see through that.
   And this will be the last time,
   We'll be friends again.
   I'll get over you and you'll wonder,
   Who I am.

   And there's this burning,
   Like there's always been,
   I've never been so alone,
   And I've never been so alive,

   I go home to the coast.
   It starts to rain,
   I paddle out,
   On the water Alone,
   Taste the salt and taste the pain.
   I'm not thinking of you again,
   Summer dies and swells rise,
   The sun goes down in my eyes,
   See this rolling wave,
   Darkly coming to take me,
   Home,

   And I never been so alone,
   And I've never been so alive.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

John Henry said to his captain,
"A man ain't nothin' but a man.
But if you bring that steam drill round,
I'll beat it fair and honest.
I'll die with my hammer in my hand.
But I'll be laughin.
You can't replace a steal drivin' man."

I dunno about anyone else, but when someone posts and entire song, I don't even read it.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Then thou art foolish!

[Fellfrosch]

I don't even bother with whole songs either. They make me irrationally grumpy.