FavouritE LoVe SongS..

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Betty Boo

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I don’t know if I told you, but I’m seeking sanctuary
You’ll never guess the things that I do
I’ll have the devil round for tea
Don’t you know that I’m here beside you
Can’t you see that I can’t relax
When I saw you in my rearview
You could’ve stopped me in my tracks

I’ll be there for you when you want me to
I’ll stand by your side like I always do
In the dead of night it’ll be alright
’cos I’ll be there for you when you want me to

You can take me to an island, ride across the stormy sea
We can worship pagan idols, there together you and me
Why don’t you run over here and rescue me?
You can drive down in your car
Why don’t we both take a ride and turn that key
We’ll drive at 60 miles an hour

I’ll be there for you when you want me to
I’ll stand by your side like I always do
In the dead of night it’ll be alright
’cos I’ll be there for you when you want me to

I’ll be there for you when you want me to
I’ll stand by your side like I always do
In the dead of night it’ll be alright
’cos I’ll be there for you when you want me to

I’ll be there for you when you want me to
I’ll stand by your side like I always do
In the dead of night it’ll be alright
’cos I’ll be there for you when you want me to

I’ll be there for you when you want me to
I’ll stand by your side like I always do
In the dead of night it’ll be alright
’cos I’ll be there for you when you want me to
 
Well it's certainly not "Doin' The Do" so my guess is New Order....

here's another, maybe more lovelorn but the opening gambit is a great lyric...a present from Leeds no less.

"I must have walked past this doorway thirty times
Just trying to catch your eye
You made it all worthwhile when you returned my smile
It all became worthwhile
Don't you feel a little cold stood by the door?
You know, I'd really like to talk some more
Oh, don't be worried about your friend -
I think she left some time 'round ten
What was her name again?
You're not like anyone I've met
Do you see much of Charlie over here?
Oh, I've known him off and on for years
He's never mentioned you before
Oh that didn't come out right at all
& now I feel this small
That seems to be it
Don't get me wrong, but how are you going to get back home?
I'd be willing to walk that way
There's something I've just got to say
I could walk a million miles today
You're not like anyone I've ever met
I kept bursting out with laughter all the way home
I had to tell somebody & you just happened to phone
I can't think of anything else, no matter how I try
But, you know, I can't even remember the color of her eyes
You're not like anyone I've ever met
Well, at least not yet"
 
I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know, darling, that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

And I believe in Love
And I know that you do too
And I believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candles burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms, O Lord
Into my arms

-Nick Cave
 
I feel beautiful
Because you love me

I water the tomatoes and I think of you
No one's ever watered me the way you do
I feel beautiful
Because you love me

I feel like a creature that is sleekly groomed
Not some poisoned soul that is alone and doomed
I feel beautiful
Because you love me

I see the clock in shadow and I see your face
You and me belong in the same time and place
People never celebrate the things they've got
Honey without you I wouldn't have a lot
I feel beautiful
Because you love me
Because you love me

Yes, we're alive at the same time
Like mayflies
Like fireflies

I've been hanging round Covent Garden for you for centuries
I've been waiting on Festival Pier for you, honey, for decades

I wake up in the morning and I face the East
I am in the paws of an enormous beast
I feel beautiful
Because you love me
Because you love me

-Robyn Hitchcock
 
They bought a round for the sailor
And they heard his tale
Of a world that was so far away
And a song that we'd never heard
A song of a little bird
That fell in love with a whale
He said: you cannot live in the ocean
And she said to him: you never can live in the sky
But the ocean is filled with tears
And the sea turns into a mirror
And there's a whale in the moon when it's clear
And the bird on the tide
Please don't cry
Let me dry your eyes
So tell me that you will wait for me
Hold me in your arms
I promise we will never part
I'll never sail back to the time
But I'll always pretend you're mine
Though I know that we both must part
You can live in my heart
--Tom Waits
 
(chorus)
I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
A way to make you smile

I read bad poetry
Into your machine
I save your messages
Just to hear your voice
You always listen carefully
To awkward rhymes
You always say your name,
Like I wouldn’t know it’s you,
At your most beautiful

(repeat chorus)

At my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes, secretly
With every one, whisper I love you
I let you sleep
I know you’re closed eye watching me,
Listening
I thought I saw a smile

(repeat chorus)
 
US

They made a statue of us
And it put it on a mountain top
Now tourists come and stare at us
Blow bubbles with their gum
Take photographs for fun, for fun

They'll name a city after us
And later say it's all our fault
Then they'll give us a talking to
Then they'll give us a talking to
Because they've got years of experience
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

We wear our scarves just like a noose
But not 'cause we want eternal sleep
And though our parts are slightly used
New ones are slave labor you can keep

We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
We're living in a den of thieves
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
The tourists come and stare at us
The sculptor's mama sends regards
They made a statue of us
They made a statue of us
Our noses have begun to rust
We're living in a den of thieves
Rummaging for answers in the pages
Were living in a den of thieves

And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious
And it's contagious

Regina Spektor
 
Re:Spekt

Have I ever mentioned on this board that I adore Regina Spektor?

Good choice.

> US

> They made a statue of us
> And it put it on a mountain top
> Now tourists come and stare at us
> Blow bubbles with their gum
> Take photographs for fun, for fun

> They'll name a city after us
> And later say it's all our fault
> Then they'll give us a talking to
> Then they'll give us a talking to
> Because they've got years of experience
> We're living in a den of thieves
> Rummaging for answers in the pages
> We're living in a den of thieves
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious

> We wear our scarves just like a noose
> But not 'cause we want eternal sleep
> And though our parts are slightly used
> New ones are slave labor you can keep

> We're living in a den of thieves
> Rummaging for answers in the pages
> We're living in a den of thieves
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious

> They made a statue of us
> They made a statue of us
> The tourists come and stare at us
> The sculptor's mama sends regards
> They made a statue of us
> They made a statue of us
> Our noses have begun to rust
> We're living in a den of thieves
> Rummaging for answers in the pages
> Were living in a den of thieves

> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious
> And it's contagious

> Regina Spektor
 
Re:Spekt

> Have I ever mentioned on this board that I adore Regina Spektor?

> Good choice.

Yes!
You turned me onto
her
music.
 
The greatest love song of all...

Take me out tonight
Where there's music and there's people
And they're young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
Anymore

Take me out tonight
Because I want to see people and I
Want to see life
Driving in your car
Oh, please don't drop me home
Because it's not my home, it's their
Home, and I'm welcome no more

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine

Take me out tonight
Take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
And in the darkened underpass
I thought Oh God, my chance has come at last
(But then a strange fear gripped me and I
Just couldn't ask)

Take me out tonight
Oh, take me anywhere, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one, da ...
Oh, I haven't got one

And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine

Oh, There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
There Is A Light And It Never Goes Out
 
So In Love
(Cole Porter)

Strange dear, but true dear,
When I'm close to you, dear,
The stars fill the sky,
So in love with you am I.

Even without you,
My arms fold about you,
You know, darling why,
So in love with you am I.

In love with the night mysterious,
The night when you first were there.
In love with my joy delirious,
When I knew that you could care.

So taunt me, and hurt me,
Deceive me, desert me,
I'm yours till I die,
So in love,
So in love,
So in love with you, my love, am I.

k.d. lang's rendition of this song is great. It never fails to move me.
I wish i had a mp3 of it at hand...
 
Song: These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) Lyrics

Oh will you never let me be?
Oh will you never set me free?
The ties that bound us are still around us
There's no escape that I can see
And still those little things remain
That bring me happiness or pain

A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things
Remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you
What my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things
Remind me of you

You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I somehow knew that this had to be

The winds of march that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings, but who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you

Gardenia perfume ling'ring on a pillow
Wild strawb'ries only seven francs a kilo
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things
Remind me of you

The park at evening when the bell has sounded
The Ile-de-France with all the girls around it
The beauty that is Spring
These foolish things
Remind me of you

I know that this was bound to me
These things have haunted me
For you've entirely enchanted me

The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you

First daffodills and long excited cables
And candle light on little corner tables
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things
Remind me of you

The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses
The waiters whistling as the last bar closes
The song that Crosby sings
These foolish things
Remind me of you

How strange, how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me
That seem to bring you so near to me

The scent of smould'ring leaves, the wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you, just you
 
Re: The greatest love song of all...

What am I gonna do
I feel like I’m on fire
If you only knew
That you’re the object of desire

I keep hanging on, keep hanging on
And I swear by God that you’re the only one
I keep hanging on, keep hanging on
And I swear by God that it won’t be long

My aim is true
My vision is clear
My thoughts are crude
Whenever you’re near

I keep hanging on, keep hanging on
And I swear by God that you’re the only one
I keep hanging on, keep hanging on
And I swear by God that it won’t be long

I keep hanging on

You’ve got a vicious streak
For someone so young
You’re like solar flair
In the rising sun

I keep hanging on
I keep hanging on
I keep hanging on
I keep hanging on.... ;
 
When your heart is black and broken....

And you need a helping hand
When you’re so much in love
You don’t know just how much you can stand
When your questions go unanswered
And the silence is killing you
Take my hand baby, I’m your man
I got love enough for two

Ten storey love song
I built this thing for you
Who can take you any higher
Than twin peak mountain blue?
Oh well, I built this thing for you
And I love you true

There’s no sure fire set solution
No short cut through the trees
No breach in the wall
That they put there
To keep me from you

As you’re lying awake in the darkness
This everlasting night
Someday soon
Don’t know where or when
You’re gonna wake up and see the light

Ten storey love song
I built this thing for you
Who can take you any higher
Than twin peak mountain blue?
Oh well, I built this thing for you
And I love you true
 
Another classic love song...

Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she’s gone I can’t go on
Feelin’ two-foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey you’ve got to hide your love away
Hey you’ve got to hide your love away

How could I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I’m in

How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey you’ve got to hide your love away
Hey you’ve got to hide your love away
 
Re: When your heart is black and broken....

Black by Pearl Jam

Hey...oooh...
Sheets of empty canvas, untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me as her body once did
All five horizons revolved around her soul
As the earth to the sun
Now the air I tasted and breathed has taken a turn
Ooh, and all I taught her was everything
Ooh, I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds
Of what was everything?
Oh, the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...

I take a walk outside
I’m surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter, so why do I sear
Oh, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head
I’m spinning, oh, I’m spinning
How quick the sun can, drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass
Of what was everything (note the lack of question mark)
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything...
All the love gone bad turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I’ll ever be...yeah...

Uh huh...uh huh...ooh...
I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star
In somebody else’s sky, but why
Why, why can’t it be, why can’t it be mine
 
This is the one: Thank You by Led Zeppelin

*If the sun refused to shine,
I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea,
There will still be you and me.

Kind woman, I give you my all,
Kind woman, nothing more.
Little drops of rain whisper of the pain,
Tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
My love is strong, with you there is no wrong,
Together we shall go until we die.
My, my, my, An inspiration is what you are to me,
Inspiration, look see.
And so today, my world it smiles,
Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done,
For you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad,
Happiness....I'm glad.

*Chorus
 
One of my very favourite Led Zeppelin tracks!

(Jones/Page/Plant)

And if you feel that you can't go on. And your will's sinkin' low
Just believe and you can't go wrong.
In the light you will find the road. You will find the road

Oh, did you ever believe that I could leave you, standing out in the cold
I know how it feels 'cause I have slipped through to the very depths of my soul.
I just wanna show what I'd give you it is from every bend in the road
Now listen to me
Oh, whoa-whoa, as I was and really would be for you, too, honey
As you would for me, oh, I would share your load.
Let me share your load. Ooh, let me share, share your load

And if you feel that you can't go on
In the light you will find the road

Though the winds of change may blow around you, but that will always be so
When love is pain it can devour you, if you are never alone
I would share your load. I would share your load
Baby, let me, oh, let me

In the light
Everybody needs the light.
In the light, in the light, in the light

Light, light, light, in the light
Light, light, light, in the light, ooh, yeah
Light, light, light, in the light
 
Re: One of my very favourite Led Zeppelin tracks!

I am listening now. If I had some shrooms, I could listen to Led Zeppelin all day.
 
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