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Title: Mulder: Half Dead
Description: This is an AU (Alternate Universe) video which deals with the question of: What would have become of Mulder had Scully died from her cancer?
I know the title may not make sense to people initially, but it actually comes from a line I included in the video. Mulder refers to himself as being half dead to Skinner. He says it very off-handedly so it might be that he is just joking with Skinner, but personally I think it reflects how he feels as he is losing Scully.
This past summer, I learned that a woman I knew 10 years ago, died from skin cancer. She was a wife and a mother of a one year old little boy. As I made this video, I was thinking of her.
The intro music is from a Buf fy episode called The Gift and the piece is called Sacrifice
The 2nd piece of music is by John Mayer called Dreaming with a Broken Heart.
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Title: 4 O'Clock by Emilie Autumn
Description: Lame fan video slideshow for the incredible awesomeness that is Emilie Autumn to her song 4 O'Clock. Lyrics below:
4 o'Clock
4 o'Clock
Never let me sleep
I close my eyes and pray
For the garish light of day
Like a frightened child I run
From the sleep that never comes
4 o'Clock
4 o'Clock
Out of bed I creep
To climb this tower of shame
But the hour's still the same
Only madness knows my name
At 4 o'Clock
4 o'Clock
4 o'Clock
Never let me sleep
I close my eyes and pray
For the garish light of day
Like a frightened child I run
From the sleep that never comes
4 o'Clock
4 o'Clock
Out of bed I creep
To climb this tower of shame
But the hour's still the same
Only madness knows my name
At 4 o'Clock
Why can we never go back to bed?
Whose is the voice ringing in my head?
Where is the sense in these desperate dreams?
Why should I wake when I'm half past dead?
Sure as the clock keeps its steady chime
Weak as I walk to its steady rhyme
Ticking away from the ones we love
So many girls, so little time
Why can we never go back to bed?
Whose is the voice ringing in my head?
Where is the sense in these desperate dreams?
Why should I wake when I'm half past dead?
4 o'Clock
4 o'Clock
Never let me sleep
I close my eyes and pray
For the garish light of day
Like a frightened child I run
From the sleep that never comes
4 o'Clock
4 o'Clock
Out of bed I creep
To climb this tower of shame
But the hour's still the same
Only slumber never came
Only madness knows my name
At 4 o'Clock
Why can we never go back to bed?
Whose is the voice ringing in my head?
Where is the sense in these desperate dreams?
Why should I wake when I'm half past dead?
Sure as the clock keeps its steady chime
Weak as I walk to its steady rhyme
Ticking away from the ones we love
So many girls, so little time
Why can we never go back to bed?
Title: Panic At The Disco, Glasgow, 13/03/08, The Weight, Cover.
Description: I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead;
I just need some place where I can lay my head.
"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
He just grinned and shook my hand, and "No!", was all he said.
(Chorus:)
Take a load off Annie, take a load for free;
Take a load off Annie, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.
I picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide;
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side.
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown."
She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around."
(Chorus)
Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say
It's just ol' Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day.
"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an' keep Anna Lee company?"
(Chorus)
Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.
He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack, my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can."
(Chorus)
Catch a cannon ball now, t'take me down the line
My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time.
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one.
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.
Title: "The Weight" by The Band
Description: Off the "Music from Big Pink" album. From 1968, comes one of the greatest songs of all time - #41 on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Lyrics:
I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead;
I just need some place where I can lay my head.
"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
He just grinned and shook my hand, "No!", was all he said.
(Chorus:)
Take a load off Annie, take a load for free;
Take a load off Annie, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.
I picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide;
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side.
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown."
She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around."
(Chorus)
Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say
It's just ol' Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day.
"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an' keep Anna Lee company?"
(Chorus)
Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.
He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack, my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can."
(Chorus)
Catch a cannon ball now, to take me down the line
My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time.
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one.
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.
(Chorus)
Title: "the weight" The Band cover
Description: "The Weight" is the title of a 1968 song by The Band. It is one of the group's best known songs and among the most popular songs of the late 1960s counterculture. The Band's version is an excellent example of a silent title record, one in which the title never appears in the lyrics. While the names of the five members of The Band appear on the record label, "The Band" does not. The song was composed by The Band's Robbie Robertson and appears originally on The Band's first album, Music from Big Pink.
It is #41 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list
"The Weight" takes the folk music motif of a traveler, who arrives in Nazareth in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Once there, he encounters various residents of the town, the song being a story of these encounters.
The residents include a man who cannot direct the traveler to a hotel, Carmen and the Devil walking side by side, "Crazy Chester," who offers a bed in exchange for the traveler taking his dog, and Luke who has gone out to wait for the apocalypse, leaving his young bride neglected.
The traveler refers to "Miss Fannie," who has sent him on his journey to Nazareth, and "the weight" of the song is a reference to the burden of travel, of giving a message to the town, and of sin. The chorus refers to taking a load off of Fannie and putting it on the singer. The numerous Biblical allusions in the character names and incidents in the song are allegorical, referring to a purgatorial experience. In Levon Helm's autobiography "This Wheel's on Fire," Helm explains that the people mentioned in the song were based on real people the Band knew. The "Miss Anna Lee" mentioned in the lyric is Helm's longtime friend Anna Lee Amsden[2].
Robertson on "The Weight"
According to Robertson, "The Weight" was somewhat inspired by the films of Luis Buñuel, about which Robertson once said:
He did so many films on the impossibility of sainthood, people trying to do good in Viridiana and Nazarín, and it's impossible to do good. In "The Weight" it's the same thing. Someone says, "Listen, will you do me this favor? When you get there will you say 'hello' to somebody or will you pick up one of these for me?" "Oh, you're going to Nazareth, do me a favor when you're there." So the guy goes and one thing leads to another and it's like, "Holy shit, what has this turned into? I've only come here to say 'hello' for somebody and I've got myself in this incredible predicament." It was very Buñuelish to me at the time.
Musical construction
"The Weight" is sung primarily by Levon Helm, The Band's drummer. Rick Danko, the bassist, sings the fourth verse, and joins Helm in singing the fifth verse. The chorus is sung by all three of The Band's singers.
Each verse follows the format of:
Chords:A, C# minor, D, A
Lyrics: I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead";
The chorus then takes the format of:
Chords: A, E, D, A, E, D
Lyrics: Take a load off Fannie, take a load for free;
The easily identifiable bass run between the final verse and the chorus is up the A major pentatonic scale (that is, A,B,C#,E,F#,A).
Film and commercial play
"The Weight" has featured prominently in many films and television shows, including such movies as Hope Floats; Igby Goes Down (in a cover version by rock band Travis); The Big Chill; Easy Rider; Girl, Interrupted; Patch Adams; and Starsky & Hutch (as a parody of the scene in Easy Rider); and on television in The Sopranos (Episode 4 of Season 4 is titled "The Weight" and features the song in the end credits) and also on My Name Is Earl. It also shows up in the show Scrubs where the song is peformed by Zach Braff and his friends as part of a skit. It has also been used in commercials for Diet Coke and Cingular/AT&T Wireless, an American telecommunications company.
The song was also included on the Easy Rider Soundtrack, but was performed by the band Smith because of contractual problems preventing use of The Band's version.
"The Weight" is one of three songs performed by The Band featured in the 2003 documentary film, Festival Express.
"The Weight" was one of three songs the Band's 1990s lineup performed for "LET IT ROCK!", a birthday concert/tribute for Ronnie Hawkins.
A fan favourite, "The Weight" is also in two post-Last Waltz concert videos: "The Band Is Back" (1984) and "The Band Live At The New Orleans Jazz Festival" (1998).
Don Imus liked this song and frequently played it on his show. The Levon Helm Band appeared frequently. Imus was fired from CBS Radio on April 12, 2007, in the midst of his charity radiothon. The Radiothon continued on Friday, April 13, 2007 with Imus's wife and newscaster hosting in his place, and the broadcast concluded with the Levon Helm Band performing "The Weight" live.
Played by other musicians
"The Weight" has been covered by many other acts, including the North Mississippi Allstars, moe., Aaron Prichett, The Staple Singers, Travis, The Grateful Dead, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, O.A.R., Edwin McCain, Spooky Tooth, Hanson, Stoney LaRue, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aretha Franklin, Joan Osborne, John Denver, Cassandra Wilson, Shannon Curfman, Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield, and Dionne Warwick did as well. Ratdog and Bob Weir are also know to cover this song from time to time (notably shows in Pennsylvania). Additional notable versions are by Lee Ann Womack, the band Smith, and a joint effort by Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Allman Brothers Band, Joe Cocker, and The Temptations. In The Band's concert film, The Last Waltz, The Staples and The Band perform the song together. The indie-rock band Decemberists recruited Mavis Staples to sing the song with them during their performance at the Bonnaroo music festival in June 2007.
Levon Helm and Rick Danko also performed the song with Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band. Josh Kelley and his backing band, The Weight, also perform this song at live shows.[3]
Australian artists Jimmy Barnes and The Badloves covered this song in 1993, which charted well.
In 1994, the Staple Singers performed this song again, with country singer Marty Stuart on the country-R&B collaborative album Rhythm, Country and Blues, produced by Don Was.
Along with Britney Spears' "Toxic", Radiohead's "(Nice Dream)" and the traditional song "The House Carpenter", Nickel Creek performed a cover of "The Weight" at Lollapalooza 2006.
The Allman Brothers Band began to cover this song during their annual Beacon run in 2006, presumably in tribute to Duane Allman, who played on the Aretha Franklin version.
Also, the song was played live in a joint performance by Sheryl Crow and The Wallflowers (whose lead singer is Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, a frequent collaborator with The Band).
"The Weight" is a hit for Canadian singer/songwriter Aaron Pritchett.[citation needed]Panic! At The Disco covered the song at the Virgin Festival on 5 August, 2007
Title: Blake Aaron Burning Shredding Guitar!!
Description: Blake Aaron, guitarist for MAD TV, jamming in the studio! (Clip from his teaching video on All Star Music Lessons)
Blake Aaron has come a long way from the kid who played rock shows on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood and toured with R&B acts like Bobby Womack, Lakeside, Dynasty, The Drifters, The Coasters, Little Anthony, Joe Houston, Mary Wells, and later, the Gap Band, Billy Bass, Bernie Worrell, Fish (Fishbone), and producer Bill Laswell. Aaron, who, even from the beginning and through it all, always loved, played and studied jazz, is a guitarist who is known best for his passionate musical style, his memorable compositions, his soul and technical expression on the instrument, and his ability to connect with an audience. Since those early days, Aaron has been a staple on the national music scene for many years both as a live performer and in the studio.
A composer and musician with an edge, Aaron has been the guitarist/ and or composed for such television shows and films as Steven Seagal's "Half Past Dead 2," "MAD TV" (FOX), "The Next Best Thing" (ABC), "The Starlet" (w/Faye Dunaway) (UPN), "10-8" (ABC), "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" (WB), "Gary and Mike" (UPN),"The Ben Stiller Show" (FOX), "Sunday Night Comics" (FOX), and has more recently recorded and/or performed with such artists as Steve Reid's Bamboo Forest, Eric Marienthal, Bobby Womack and Carlos Santana (Womack-Save the Children), Kuh LaDesma, Gloria Trevi, and The Gap Band.
Title: The Band - The Weight (Live-1970)
Description: Syria Mosque - Pittsburgh
Nov 1970
Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel
I pulled into nazareth, was feelin about half past dead;
I just need some place where I can lay my head.
Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?
He just grinned and shook my hand, and no!, was all he said.
Take a load off fanny, take a load for free;
Take a load off fanny, and (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.
I picked up my bag, I went lookin for a place to hide;
When I saw carmen and the devil walkin side by side.
I said, hey, carmen, come on, lets go downtown.
She said, I gotta go, but mfriend can stick around.
Go down, miss moses, theres nothin you can say
Its just ol luke, and lukes waitin on the judgement day.
Well, luke, my friend, what about young anna lee?
He said, do me a favor, son, woncha stay an keep anna lee company?
Crazy chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.
He said, I will fix your rack, if youll take jack, my dog.
I said, wait a minute, chester, you know Im a peaceful man.
He said, thats okay, boy, wont you feed him when you can.
Catch a cannon ball now, ttake me down the line
My bag is sinkin low and I do believe its time.
To get back to miss fanny, you know shes the only one.
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone"
Title: Dead Inside - (craaaazy emo song)
Description: Last night,
I took you to my spot
were we watched the sun rise
you were looking at the show
i was looking at your eyes
i picekd you up at 9
the night before
oh god was i nervous standing at your door
i took you by the hand
and then i took you to my car
were we sat and talked
until half past four
i asked you to step outside
so we could look up at the stars
right around that time
i took out my guitar
i started to sing a song
i wrote the night before
and in that song
i know that i swore
that i'd never leave you
and to live i need you
one glimps of your eyes
and i swear i'll try
to find a perfect life
just give us a try
[chorus]
im smiling on the outside
but im dying on the inside
you still dont know
but when i took you home
i felt so numb
but yet i felt so cold
thinking about last night
never well get old
you met another guy
i guess that night
didnt chagen your life
like it did mine
last night i prayed to god
asking what i did
what i did so wrong
so wrong to deserve this
i went right home
and i wrote a song
telling kids my age
not to fall in love
if your listening
i beg you please dont try
if you disobey you'll end up dead inside
[chorus]
you'll end up dead inside [something like that a couple times]
i feel so dead inside
when I heard the news
i broke down and cried
i feel so dead inside
i feel so dead inside
when i heard those words
its like an angel died
i feel so dead inside
i feel so dead inside
**that was the first time i was plying the full song so bear with me.
Thats just the first half. I might write a second half telling how "the kid" coped with it.
The guitar is new so I still have that shitty vibration noise sometimes, aside from me not being very good on an acoustic.
**At the end I just couldnt hit the stop button soo yeahh.
Title: "The Weight" The Band cover (Robbie Robertson)
Description: This song was always my favorite Band tune. Thanks for listening. I tuned down a whole step.
This is what C F Martin says on their website about Robbie Robertson and this song:
"I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead." As written by Robbie Robertson and performed by the Band, the opening lines of "The Weight" rank among the most evocative in all of rock. The song is a spiritual journey, but the story behind the song is one of a Martin guitar providing musical inspiration of a most unusual kind.
While the Band was living in Woodstock, New York in 1967, Robertson began writing "The Weight" on his D-28, but struggled to come up with lyrics. At some point he looked into the guitar's soundhole and saw the word "Nazareth," along with the rest of the C. F. Martin hotstamp on the back center brace. It became the focus of the song's opening verse, and the rest of the lyrics quickly fell into place. He has said looking inside the guitar "gave" him the first line of the song.
The rest is rock history.
Title: Lorn Darken - Pasted , Wasted, and Tasted
Description: song
lyrics
envy seen look, it just don't work,don't you see here, i don't find near, take this over, it's not older, don't you lead it, somewhere down right. take this anyday, wana run away, better then it seems, not as i would dream , take this on my head, leave me half past dead, will it go away, i don't think so, wana run away ? inside of one and turn away, have you gone by, i don't know why, had new feelings , something screamin, if you want to, ask me of you , take this for me, won't you call me, take this on my head, wana half past dead, take this on the way, wana run away, going on my head, so you leave me dead, changes on the way , i don't think so, wana be your little girl that want it back, have you heard this , if i word it, don't you know why, something alibi, change my hang on, so's the so long , don't you need it ? so you can beat it. take this on the life, leave me opposed night, killer way to cough, leave me on the drug, wana go to bed ?, wana wound up dead ?
never been so free, i can not see, wana cypher , me and you ,you need it, me and you , you know it, me and me , i need it, me and me and only me.
Title: Blues Traveler - Price to Pay
Description: Just music, no video.
From the album Four.
Standing here with a tale to tell
I might as well tell to you
Nothing near Wagnerian
As Terminater Two
It's an old on about a little dirt farm girl
Who wanted to get out for good
She'd do anything to keep that dream
She'd do anything she could
Who was she
To feel so free
With her heart on her sleeve
She just couldn't believe...
There was a price to pay
Her very first chance to escape that year
Came when the circus had come to town
She wound up in bed and quite madly in love
With some rubber nose juggling clown
He promised her he'd return for
her come next spring
And he swore that he wouldn't forget
Needless to say came the following May
More than her appetite was getting wet
She proceeded unheeded and quite undefeated
To the trailer behind the tent
And her heart began to soar
at his trailer door
She was gonna go wherever he went
Who was she
To feel so free
With her heart on her sleeve
She just couldn't believe
There was a price to pay
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/wzi ]
He arrived at about half past
With a girl under every arm
But all of this in itself could
have been innocent as hell
But what began to cause her alarm
Was when he locked the door behind
him like she'd always been
She was standing alone in the dirt
And her eyes were so dry
that she began to cry
And something began to hurt
She wanted to tear the hair out of her head
Yeah and she wanted to wish that she was dead
But a voice in her just
would not let her drop
And her heart began to break
but it didn't stop
"Run all you're races
And don't you fear
You and I
Are getting out of here
And we'll survive
That I guarantee
Cause you don't need much
When all you have is me"
She listened to the little voice in her
And then she hit the road
Free at last with just a tiny scar
And finally on her own
No one knows what became of her
All we know is that she got away
And though there really ain't
no guarantee down here
I like to think she did okay
Who was she
To feel so free
With her heart on her sleeve
She just wouldn't believe
That there's a price to pay
That there's a price to pay
That there's a price to pay
That there's a price to pay
Title: Beans and Cornbread
Description: Final Film Project
Film History and Form
MJ Robinson, Ph.D
NYU - Steinhardt - Dept. of Media, Culture, and Communication
Music video for Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five's "Beans and Cornbread."
Beans and Cornbread had a fight
Beans knocked Cornbread out of sight
Cornbread said, "Now that's alright.
Meet me on the corner tomorrow night.
"I'll be ready, I'll be ready tomorrow night. (2x)
I'll be ready, I'll be ready to have a fight."
That's what Beans said to Cornbread.
"I'll be ready tomorrow night."
Beans told Cornbread, "You ain't straight.
You better wake up or I'll gash your gate.
Been in this pot since half past two,
swelling and puffing and almost due."
"I'll be ready, I'll be ready tomorrow night."
That's what Beans told Cornbread.
"Always getting mad at me.
I ain't mad at you.
I'll be ready tomorrow night.
I'll be ready, mmmmm."
Beans grabbed Cornbread by the toe.
"Beans," said Cornbread, "let me go."
Cornbread said, "I'll lay you low.
I'm gonna fight you, you so-and-so."
"Meet me on the corner.
Meet me on the corner tomorrow night."
That's what Beans said to Cornbread.
"You're so bad, you always wanna fight.
Meet me on the corner tomorrow night,
and I'm gonna beat the hell out'ya.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.
Meet me on the corner tomorrow night."
Beans hit Cornbread on the head.
Cornbread said, "I'm almost dead."
Beans told Cornbread, "Get up, man.
You know that we go hand-in-hand."
"Beans and Cornbread,
Beans and Cornbread, hand-in-hand."
That's what Beans said to Cornbread,
"We should stick together hand-in-hand.
We should hang out together like wieners and sauerkraut.
We should stick together like hot dogs and mustard.
We should get up every morning,
and hang out together like sisters and brothers.
["Yeah!"]
Every Saturday night, we should hang out like chitlins and potato salad.
["Yeah!"]
Like strawberries and shortcake.
["Yeah!"]
Like corned beef and cabbage.
["Yeah!"]
Like liver and onions.
["Yeah!"]
Like red beans and rice.
["Yeah!"]
Like bagel and lox.
["Yeah!"]
Like sour cream and biscuits.
["Yeah!"]
Like bread and butter.
["Yeah!"]
Like hot cakes and molasses."
["Yeah!"]
Beans told Cornbread,
["Yeah!"]
"It makes no difference what you think about me,
["Yeah!"]
but it makes a whole lotta difference what I think about you.
["Yeah!"]
We should hang out together like hot cakes and molasses."
["Yeah!"]
That's what Beans said to Cornbread.
'Cause Beans and Cornbread,
they go hand-in-hand.
misty-blue.net
Title: Easy Rider - Smith - The Weight
Description: Smith (1969)
The Weight (Robbie Robertson) - 4:34
I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' about half past dead;
I just need some place where I can lay my head.
"Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
He just grinned and shook my hand, and "No!", was all he said.
(Chorus:)
Take a load off Fannie, take a load for free;
Take a load off Fannie, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.
I picked up my bag, I went lookin' for a place to hide;
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side.
I said, "Hey, Carmen, come on, let's go downtown."
She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around."
(Chorus)
Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say
It's just ol' Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day.
"Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?"
He said, "Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an' keep Anna Lee
company?"
(Chorus)
Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.
He said, "I will fix your rags, if you'll take Jack, my dog."
I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man."
He said, "That's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can."
(Chorus)
Catch a Cannonball, now, t'take me down the line
My bag is sinkin' low and I do believe it's time.
To get back to Miss Annie, you know she's the only one.
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.
Note:
"The Weight," as originally recorded by The Band for their 1968 debut album Music From Big Pink, was used in the film but could not be licensed for the soundtrack. To deal with this, ABC-Dunhill commissioned Smith, who recorded for the label at the time, to record a cover version of the song for the soundtrack album.
Title: Nas - Who killed it? - Hip hop is dead
Description: Look here 'Sheed
Pretty Mike shanked Two Face Al, over some gal
Found the body dead in the isles
Death by strangulation, microphone cord, a dirty broad
Tell Shaniro play it again Sham, damn, that was my jam
Now she's on the lam, she made it out wit' two hundred grand
What a scam! While these two compete on who's the star of the show
Golden Legs there makes off wit' the dough
I read the paper there wit' Joe the Butcher
He says "one glance is all it took ya" she's a real looker
They say her old man's a bootlegger, transport in any weather
And at this rate we'll never get her
Fellas, think it's time I call it a night
All this talk of mystery dames gettin' me tight
Thought I saw her in my eyesight, right
Hate to spoil the party, what are you guys havin'?
The same? Waiter, another round for the gang
It's strange how I always felt out of place
Joe the Butcher's my ace, but in comes Freckleface
So I said "see ya later"
Before I hurt him and his two ugly thumb breakers
He met them in Louisiana wrestlin' gators
An idiot can tell they're involved in the caper
So I pulled the revolver out my waist up
Between a patrol car and a gray truck
Behind the streetlamp was a silhouette
White gloves and a real long cigarette
Whaddaya know? All this time she's got me in the scope
She spoke, says "the devil got you guys by the choke
"Your conspiracy theories won't work wit'out evidence
That's the reason why Eric B. is not President"
Well whaddaya say?
Ya see... ya see... ya see...
Look here 'Sheed, I Know You Got Soul, you tryna hide it
How'd you kill a man out in Cypress?
One-Eyed Charlie, he only hangs out wit' the Criminal Minded
Says you guys did it Doggystyle, is he lyin'?
She says "Walk This Way I'll tell you a Children's Story"
We hit the bodega, got her a few forties
We jumped in my ride, we drove and she cried
Twisted off the cap there and opened her mouth wide
Swalllowed It! Whole bottle's half empty
Drinks like a fish, now she's past tipsy
The truth came out as we got to her Suave House
Chopped-N-Screwed her mouth and sat me on the couch
I said "it's gettin' late c'mon, give it to me straight
Who's your sponsor, lady?" She says "Bill Gates"
"What are you born, '77 or '78?"
She said "nah goes way to an earlier date"
Slave times, played for slave said rhymes
But she fell in love wit' some fella named Clive
Who? Clive Campbell from Cedrick Ave
The Bronx, now she shows me the cash
I said "who's Clive, don't play with me skirt"
She said "Clive Campbell, he's Kool Herc"
Ah-ha! Ah-ha!
Listen up sweetheart, now we're gettin' somewhere
As she's talkin', she starts vanishin' in thin air
But before she drops the money bag on the floor and died
She said "if you really love me I'll come back alive"
Title: Janis Ian - Tea & Sympathy (26P Covers SLD)
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Artist: Janis Ian
Album: Between The Lines 1975
Song: Tea & Sympathy
I don't want to ride the milk train any more
I'll go to bed at nine & waken with the dawn
and lunch at half past noon
Dinner prompt at five
The comfort of a few old friends long past their prime
Pass the tea & sympathy
For the good old days long gone
We drink a toast to those who most
Believe in what they've won
It's a long long time 'til morning
Plays wasted on the dawn
I'll not write another line
For my true love is gone
When the guests have done
I'll tidy up the room
I'll turn the covers down
And gazing at the moon
I'll pray to go quite mad
And live in long ago
When you & I were one,
So very long ago
Pass the tea & sympathy
For the good old days long gone
Let's drink a toast to those who most
Believe in what they've won
It's a long long time 'til morning
Plays wasted on the dawn
I'll not write another line
For my true love is gone
When I have no dreams
To give you any more
I'll light a blazing fire
And wait within the door
And throw my life away
"I wonder why?" They all will say
And now I lay me down to sleep,
Forever and a day
Pass the tea & sympathy
For the good old days are dead
Let's drink a toast to those who best
Survived the life they've led
It's a long long time 'til morning
So build your fires high
Now I lay me dowm to sleep
Forever by your side
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Janis Ian
Janis Ian (born April 7, 1951[1]) is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, singer, multi-instrumental musician, columnist, and science fiction author. She had a successful singing career in the 1960s and 1970s, recording into the 21st century. Ian currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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