Dixie Chicks - Travelling Soldier

Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the bus in his army greens
Sat down in a booth at a café there
Gave his order to the girl with a bow in her hair
He's a little shy so she gave him a smile
So he said would you mind sittin' down for a while
And talkin' to me I'm feelin' a little low
She said I'm off in an hour and I know where we can go

So they went down and they sat on the pier
He said I bet you got a boyfriend but I don't care
I've got no one, to send a letter to
Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?

CHORUS:
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
When the letter says a soldier's coming home

So the letters came
From an army camp
In California then Vietnam
And he told her of his heart
It might be love
And all of the things he was so scared of
He said when it's gettin kinda rough over here
I think of that day sittin' down at the pier
And I close my eyes and see your pretty smile
Don't worry but I won't be able to write for a while

CHORUS:
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
When the letter says a soldier's coming home

One Friday night at a football game
The Lord's Prayer said and the anthem sang
A man said folks would you bow your heads
For the list of local Vietnam dead...
Cryin' all alone under the stands
Was the piccolo player in the marching band
And one name read and no body really cared
But a pretty little girl with a bow in her hair

CHORUS:
I cried
Never gonna hold the hand of another guy
Too young for him they told her
Waitin' for the love of a travelin' soldier
Our love will never end
Waitin' for the soldier to come back again
Never more to be alone
When the letter says a soldier's coming home

Bruce Springsteen - Terry's Song

Well they built the Titanic to be one of a kind, but many ships have ruled the seas
They built the Eiffel Tower to stand alone, but they could build another if they please
Taj Mahal, the pyramids of Egypt, are unique I suppose
But when they built you, brother, they broke the mold

Now the world is filled with many wonders under the passing sun
And sometimes something comes along and you know it's for sure the only one
The Mona Lisa, the David, the Sistine Chapel, Jesus, Mary, and Joe
And when they built you, brother, they broke the mold

When they built you, brother, they turned dust into gold
When they built you, brother, they broke the mold

They say you can't take it with you, but I think that they're wrong
'Cause all I know is I woke up this morning, and something big was gone
Gone into that dark ether where you're still young and hard and cold
Just like when they built you, brother, they broke the mold

[harmonica bridge]

Now your death is upon us and we'll return your ashes to the earth
And I know you'll take comfort in knowing you've been roundly blessed and cursed
But love is a power greater than death, just like the songs and stories told
And when she built you, brother, she broke the mold

That attitude's a power stronger than death, alive and burning her stone cold
When they built you, brother

[harmonica bridge]

Emmylou Harris - Boulder To Birmingham

I don't want to hear a love song
I got on this airplane just to fly
And I know there's life below
But all that it can show me
Is the prairie and the sky

And I don't want to hear a sad story
Full of heartbreak and desire
The last time I felt like this
It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire
And I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn
I watched it burn, I watched it burn.

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace.
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.

Well you really got me this time
And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive.
I have come to listen for the sound
Of the trucks as they move down
Out on ninety five
And pretend that it's the ocean
coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean
Baby do you know what I mean

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life in his saving grace.
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.

Townes Van Zandt - Flyin' Shoes

Days full of rain
skys comin' down again
I get so tired
of these same old blues
same old song
Baby, it won't be long
'fore I be tyin' on
my flyin' shoes
flyin' shoes
till I be tyin' on
my flyin' shoes


Spring only sighed
summer had to be satisfied
fall is a feelin' that I just can't lose.
I'd like to stay
maybe watch a winter day
turn the green water
to white and blue
flyin' shoes
flyin' shoes
till I be tyin' on
my flyin' shoes


The mountain moon
forever sets too soon
bein' alone is all the hills can do
alone and then
her silver sails again
and they will follow
in their flyin' shoes
flyin' shoes
they will follow in their
flyin' shoes


Days full of rain
skys comin' down again
I get so tired
of the same old blues
same old song
Baby, it won't be long
till I be tyin' on
my flyin' shoes
flyin' shoes
till I be tyin' on
my flyin' shoes

Paulo Nutini - Caledonia

I don't know if you can see
The changes that have come over me
And these past few days I've been afraid
That I might drift away
I've been telling old stories, singing songs
That make me think about where I come from
And that's the reason why I seem
So far away today

Let me tell you that I love you
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia you; re calling me
Now I'm going home
And if I shall become a stranger
No it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had


Well I have moved
And I've kept on moving
Proved the points
That I needed proving
I've lost the friends
That I needed losing
Found others on the way
I have kissed the fellas
And left them sighing
Stolen dreams yes there's no denying
I have travelled hard
Sometimes with conscience flying
Somewhere with the wind

Let me tell you that I love you
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia you; re calling me
Now I'm going home
And if I shall become a stranger
No it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had

Now I'm sitting here
Before the fire
The empty room
A forest choir
The flames have cooled
Don't get any higher
They've withered now
They're gone
And I'm steady thinking
My way is clear
And I know what
I will do tomorrow
The hands have shaken
The kisses flowed
And I will dissappear

Let me tell you that I love you
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia you; re calling me
Now I'm going home
And if I shall become a stranger
No it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had

White Lion - Farewell To You

Well it's time to say goodbye my friend

I'm glad you stayed until the end

I hope that you've enjoyed the time we spent

Though I know that I will be back again

I don't know just how soon my friend

Until we meet again just think of me

I'll think of you

It was easier to say hello

Than to say goodbye

Now the bus is leavin' once again

I bid farewell to you

Oh yeah

I remember all the fun we had

And all the tears when times were bad

But you were there when we were down and out

And I know that I will not forget

What was written and what was said

And who was there when we were not on top

Of the world

Yes it's time to say Auf Wiedersehn

Sayonara and ciao my friend

You'll always have a place within my heart

And rock will come and rock will go

The scene will change, the time will show

But still I hope that you'll be there for me

I'll there for you

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes - Jade

She runs through the valley of Death and of Sleeping

She laughs as she dances her feet wake the flowers

She comes a now running thru our gloomy town

Yes Jade is the Girl of the hour

We cant help but follow she’s buddha just watch her

She moves like an old gypsy woman but swears she’s a girl

And all that she asks we’ll allow her

For Jade is the girl of the hour

It is her hour so let it be hers

Find it and shine it and wind it always

It is her hour and always its hers

Yes Jade is the girl of the hour

The people in town now just wake up to see her for

When she smiles they all feel the power

The strong men the children and even the cowards

Know Jade is the girl of the hour

You wont soon forget the name

Softly now join her she’s blessed for construction

She sings and sounds off the hammer of god

Man I swear she’s come here to fill us with power

It’s Jade the girl of the hour!

You wont soon forget the name

Johnny Cash - Highwayman

I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive.

I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide.
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still.

I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around..I'll always be around..and around and around and
around and around

I fly a starship across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..

Cat Stevens - Sad Lisa

She hangs her head and cries on my shirt.

She must be hurt very badly.

Tell me what's making you sad, Li?

Open your door, don't hide in the dark.

You're lost in the dark, you can trust me.

'Cause you know that's how it must be.

Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa.

Her eyes like windows, trickle in rain

Upon the pain getting deeper.

Though my love wants to relieve her.

She walks alone from wall to wall.

Lost in her hall, she can't hear me.

Though I know she likes to be near me.

Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa.

She sits in a corner by the door.

There must be more I can tell her.

If she really wants me to help her.

I'll do what I can to show her the way.

And maybe one day I will free her.

Though I know no one can see her.

Lisa Lisa, sad Lisa Lisa.

Christina Aguilera - Reflection

Look at me

You may think you see who I really am

But you'll never know me

Every day

It's as if I play a part

If I wear a mask

I can fool the world

But I cannot fool my heart

Who is that girl I see

Staring straight back at me?

When will my reflection show

who I am inside?

I am now in a world where I have to hide my heart

And what I believe in

But somehow I will show the world

What's inside my heart

And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see

Staring straight back at me?

Why is my reflection someone I don't know?

Must I pretend that I'm someone else for all time?

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?

There's a heart that must be free to fly

That burns with a need to know the reason why

Why must we all conceal

What we think

How we feel?

Must there be a secret me

I'm forced to hide?

I won't pretend that I'm someone else for all time

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?

Cranberries - Ode To My Family

Understand the things I say

Don’t turn away from me

Cause I spent half my life out there

You wouldn’t disagree

D’you see me, d’you see

Do you like me, do you like me standing there

D’you notice, d’you know

Do you see me, do you see me

Does anyone care

Unhappiness, where’s when I was young

And we didn’t give a damn

’cause we were raised

To see life as a fun and take it if we can

My mother, my mother she hold me

Did she hold me, when I was out there

My father, my father, he liked me

Ol he liked me, does anyone care

Understand what I’ve become

It wasn’t my design

And people everywhere think

Something better than I am

But I miss you, I miss

’cause I liked it, I liked it

When I was out there

D’you know this, d’you know

You did not find me, you did not find

Does anyone care

Unhappiness was when I was young

And we didn’t give a damn

’cause we were raised

To see life as fun and take it if we can

My mother, my mother she hold me

Did she hold me, when I was out there

My father, my father, he liked me

Ol he liked me, does anyone care

Does anyone care

Bob Dylan - Ugliest Girl In The world

The woman that I love she got a hook in her nose

her eyebrows meet, she wears second hand clothes

She speaks with a stutter and she walks with a hop

I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop

You know I love her

Yeah I love her

I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World

If I ever lose her I will go insane

I go half crazy when she calls my name

When she says babababababy I l-l-love you

There ain't nothing in the world that I wouldn't do

You know I love her

Yeah I love her

I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World

The woman that I love she got two flat feet

Her knees knock together walking down the street

She cracks her knuckles and she snores in bed

She ain't much to look at but like I said

You know I love her

Yeah I love her

I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World

I don't mean to say that she got nothing goin'

She got a weird sense of humor that's all her own

When I get low she sets me on my feet

Got a five inch smile but her breath is sweet

You know I love her

Yeah I love her

I'm in love with the Ugliest Girl in the World

The woman that I love she a got a prizefighter nose

Cauliflower ears and a run in her hose

She speaks with a stutter and she walks with a hop

I don't know why I love her but I just can't stop

Bob Dylan - Man Of Peace

Look out your window, baby, there’s a scene you’d like to catch

The band is playing “Dixie,” a man got his hand outstretched

Could be the Führer

Could be the local priest

You know sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

He got a sweet gift of gab, he got a harmonious tongue

He knows every song of love that ever has been sung

Good intentions can be evil

Both hands can be full of grease

You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, first he’s in the background, then he’s in the front

Both eyes are looking like they’re on a rabbit hunt

Nobody can see through him

No, not even the Chief of Police

You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, he catch you when you’re hoping for a glimpse of the sun

Catch you when your troubles feel like they weigh a ton

He could be standing next to you

The person that you’d notice least

I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull

He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull

I can smell something cooking

I can tell there’s going to be a feast

You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

He’s a great humanitarian, he’s a great philanthropist

He knows just where to touch you, honey, and how you like to be kissed

He’ll put both his arms around you

You can feel the tender touch of the beast

You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl

Trees that’ve stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall

Wanna get married? Do it now

Tomorrow all activity will cease

You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Somewhere Mama’s weeping for her blue-eyed boy

She’s holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy

And he’s following a star

The same one them three men followed from the East

I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace

Celine Dion - Lets Talk About Love

Everywhere I go all the places that I’ve been

Every smile's a new horizon on a land

I’ve never seen

There are people around the world -

different faces different names

But there's one true emotion that

reminds me we're the same...

Let's talk about love

From the laughter of a child to the tears

of a grown man

There's a thread that runs right through us

and helps us understand

As subtle as a breeze - that fans a flicker

to a flame

From the very first sweet melody to the

very last refrain...

Let's talk about love

Let's talk about us

Let's talk about life

Let's talk about trust

Let's talk about love

It's the king of all who live and the

queen of all good hearts

It's the ace you may keep up your

sleeve - till the name is all but lost

As deep as any sea - with the rage of

any storm

But as gentle as a falling leaf on any

autumn morn...

(oooo)Let's talk about love - it's all we're

needin'

Let's talk about us - the air we're

breathin'

Let's talk about life - I wanna know you

Let's talk about trust - and I wanna show

you

Let's talk about love

(Everywhere I go all the places that I’ve

been

Every smile's a new horizon on a land

I’ve never seen

There are people around the world -

different faces different names

But there's one true emotion that

reminds me we're the same...)

Uhhh! Let's talk about love

Let's talk about us

Let's talk about life

Let's talk about trust

Let's talk about loooove!

It's all we're needin'

The air we're breathin'

Townes Van Zandt - (Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria

Well, the diamonds fades quickly when matched to the face of Maria
All the harps they sound empty when she lifts her lips to the sky
the brown of her skin makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall
that spills from the mountains to the bottomless depths of her eyes

Well, she stands all around me her hands slowly sifting the sunshine
all the laughter that linger down deep 'neath her smilin' is free
Well, it spins and it twirls like a hummingbird lost in the morning
and caresses the south wind and silently sails to the sea

Ah, the sculpter stands stricken and the artist he throws away his brushes
when her image comes dancin' the sun she turns sullen with shame
And the birds they go silent the wind stops his sad mournful singing
when the trees of the forest start gently to whisper'in her name

So as softly she wanders I'll desperately follow her footsteps
and I'll chase after shadows that offer a trace of her sight
Ah, they promise eternally that she lays hidden within them
but I find they've deceived me and sadly I bid them goodbye

So the serpent slide softly away with these moments of laughter
and the the old washy woman has finish her cleanin' and gone
but the bamboo hang heavy in the bondage of quicksilver daydreams
and a lonely child longingly looks for a place to belong