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    What is best in life? D_Davis's Avatar
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    Leonard Cohen, all the way.
    Yeah - he is awesome as well.

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    Sunday drive past your own hall of fame
    It's closed on week days shut for good
    You've got no one when you're talking
    Thoughts like rattlesnakes were walking
    No one has a clue

    The party's shot
    The thin caught fault line dancing across the frigid air shack
    The spastic rats, the criminals chat

    Count to ten and read until the lights begin to
    Bleed lights until you actually see the rays
    And your thoughts then start to turn and
    Those lessons that you're learning
    No one has a clue

    The gauzy thoughts of the sturdy Scots
    Wrestle with the elements up on the trail high
    I need to know where does it go
    How do I get there, and what will I find...

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    There I was in uniform
    Looking at the art teacher
    I was just a girl then;
    Never have I loved since then

    He was not that much older than I was
    He had taken our class to the Metropolitan Museum
    He asked us what our favorite work of art was,
    But never could I tell it was him
    Oh, I wish I could tell him --
    Oh, I wish I could have told him

    I looked at the Rubens and Rembrandts
    I liked the John Singer Sargents
    He told me he liked Turner
    Never have I turned since then
    No, never have I turned to any other man

    All this having been said,
    I married an executive company head
    All this having been done, a Turner - I own one
    Here I am in this uniformish, pant-suit sort of thing,
    Thinking of the art teacher
    I was just a girl then;
    Never have I loved since then
    No, never have I loved any other man
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=M1ReFah2lCQ

    *loves*

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    I play in a band, we're the best in the land
    We're big in both Chelsea and France
    I play one mean guitar and then score at the bar
    There's a line of chicks waiting for their chance
    So come on now honey, I'll make you feel pretty
    These other gals mean nothing to me
    Let's finish these drinks and be gone for the night
    'Cause I'm more than a handful, you'll see

    [Chorus:]
    So kiss me, I'm shitfaced
    I'm soaked, I'm soiled and brown
    in the trousers, she kissed me
    And I only bought her one round

    I can bench press a car, I'm an ex football star
    with degrees from both Harvard and Yale
    Girls just can't keep up, I'm a real love machine
    I've had far better sex while in jail
    I've designed the Sears Tower, I make two grand an hour
    I cook the world's best duck flambe
    I'll take the pick of the litter, girls jockey for me
    I don't need these lines to get laid

    [Chorus]

    I'm a man of the night, a real ladies delight
    See my figure was chiseled from stone
    One more for the gal then I'll escort her home
    Come last call, I'm never alone
    I've a house on the hill with a red water bed
    That puts Hugh Heffnor's mansion to shame
    With girls by the pool and Italian sports cars
    I'm just here in this dump for the game

    [Chorus x2]

    Ahh, fuck it. Who am I shitting?

    I'm a pitiful sight, and I ain't all that bright
    I'm definitely not chiseled from stone
    I'm a cheat and a liar, no woman's desire
    I'll probably die cold and alone

    But just give me a chance, 'cause deep down inside
    I swear I got a big heart of gold
    I'm a monogamous man, no more one night stands
    Come on, honey, let me take you home
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    I'm surprised that Wilco hasn't been mentioned in this thread. Or maybe they have and I didn't recognize it (I've only heard all of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and some of A Ghost is Born). There are so many songs off that album that I love but the following really speaks to me even though I've never had been in a relationship. That and I think one day I will karokee this song. Drunk of course :lol: :


    I am an American aquarium drinker
    I assassin down the avenue
    I'm hiding out in the big city blinking
    What was I thinking when I let go of you

    Let's forget about the tongue-tied lightning
    Let's undress just like cross-eyed strangers
    This is not a joke so please stop smiling
    What was I thinking when I said it didn't hurt

    I want to glide through those brown eyes dreaming
    Take you from the inside, baby hold on tight
    You were so right when you said I've been drinking
    What was I thinking when we said good night

    I want to hold you in the Bible-black predawn
    You're quite a quiet, domino, bury me now
    Take off your band-aid 'cause I don't believe in touchdowns
    What was I thinking when we said hello

    I always thought that if I held you tightly
    You'd always love me like you did back then
    Then I fell asleep in the city kept blinking
    What was I thinking when I let you back in

    I am trying to break your heart
    I am trying to break your heart
    But still I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy
    I am trying to break your heart

    Disposable Dixie cup drinker
    I assassin down the avenue
    I've been hiding out in the big city blinking
    What was I thinking when I let go of you

    (Loves you)

    I'm the man who loves you


    -I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
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    And everybody wants to be special here
    They call your name out loud and clear
    Here comes a regular
    Call out your name
    Here comes a regular
    Am I the only one here today?



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    Not a praying man Melville's Avatar
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    Quote Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
    I can bench press a car, I'm an ex football star
    with degrees from both Harvard and Yale
    Girls just can't keep up, I'm a real love machine
    I've had far better sex while in jail
    I've designed the Sears Tower, I make two grand an hour
    I cook the world's best duck flambe
    I'll take the pick of the litter, girls jockey for me
    I don't need these lines to get laid
    Gold! Is there a decent song to go along with the lyrics?
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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    Quote Quoting Melville (view post)
    Gold! Is there a decent song to go along with the lyrics?

    Yes, it's a superb drunken singalong type song.

    "Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced" by The Dropkick Murphys
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    (2020) 64
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    (1976) 61
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    (2020) 64

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    Oh very young
    What will you leave us this time
    Youre only dancing on this earth for a short while
    And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
    They will vanish away like your daddys best jeans
    Denim Blue fading up to the sky
    And though you want him to last forever
    You know he never will
    (You know he never will )
    And the patches make the goodbye harder still

    Oh very young
    What will you leave us this time
    Therell never be a better chance to change your mind
    And if you want this world to see a better day
    Will you carry the words of love with you
    Will you ride the great white bird into heaven
    And though you want to last forever
    You know you never will
    (You know you never will )
    And the goodbye makes the journey harder still
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (NoƩ, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***

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    Nice. I'm partial to:

    Father
    Its not time to make a change,
    Just relax, take it easy.
    Youre still young, thats your fault,
    Theres so much you have to know.
    Find a girl, settle down,
    If you want you can marry.
    Look at me, I am old, but Im happy.

    I was once like you are now, and I know that its not easy,
    To be calm when youve found something going on.
    But take your time, think a lot,
    Why, think of everything youve got.
    For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.

    Son
    How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
    Its always been the same, same old story.
    From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
    Now theres a way and I know that I have to go away.
    I know I have to go.

    Father
    Its not time to make a change,
    Just sit down, take it slowly.
    Youre still young, thats your fault,
    Theres so much you have to go through.
    Find a girl, settle down,
    If you want you can marry.
    Look at me, I am old, but Im happy.
    (son-- away away away, I know I have to
    Make this decision alone - no)
    Son
    All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
    Its hard, but its harder to ignore it.
    If they were right, Id agree, but its them you know not me.
    Now theres a way and I know that I have to go away.
    I know I have to go.
    (father-- stay stay stay, why must you go and
    Make this decision alone? )

  11. #36
    I love this one....

    all the modern things
    like cars and such
    have always existed

    they've just been waiting in a mountain
    for the right moment

    listening to the irritating noises
    of dinosaurs and people
    dabbling outside

    all the modern things
    have always existed
    they've just been waiting

    to come out
    and multiply
    and take over

    it's their turn now...

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    The las three posts all make me go ritch:.

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    I have no idea if anyone has posted this already, and I could have sworn there was another thread dedicated to these. Anyways, this song has what just might be the best opening, ever, and everyone here already knows it:

    In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.
    Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction.
    Broken and smokin' where the infrared deer plunge in the digital snake.
    I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake.

    I know you like to line dance, everything so democratic and cool,
    But baby there's no guidance when random rules.

    I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls.
    Maybe I've crossed the wrong rivers and walked down all the wrong halls.
    But nothing can change the fact that we used to share a bed
    and that's why it scared me so when you turned to me and said:

    "Yeah, you look like someone
    Yeah you look like someone who up and left me low.
    Boy, you look like somene I used to know."

    I asked the painter why the roads are colored black.
    He said, "Steve, it's because people leave
    and no highway will bring them back."
    So if you don't want me I promise not to linger,
    But before I go I gotta ask you dear about the tan line on your ring finger.

    No one should have two lives,
    now you know my middle names are wrong and right.
    Honey we've got two lives to give tonight.


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    And everybody wants to be special here
    They call your name out loud and clear
    Here comes a regular
    Call out your name
    Here comes a regular
    Am I the only one here today?



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    Here till the end MadMan's Avatar
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    Just for the hell of it...

    Do you remember anyone here? No you don't remember anything at all I'm sleeping, I'm flat on my back Never woke up, had no regrets

    There's a party in my mind And I hope it never stops There's a party up there all the time And they'll party till they drop

    Other people can go home Everybody else can split I'll be here all the time No, I can never quit

    Take a walk through the land of shadows Take a walk through the peaceful meadows Don't look so disappointed It isn't what you hoped for, is it?

    There's a party in my mind And I hope it never stops I'm stuck here in this seat I might not stand up

    Other people can go home Other people they will split I'll be here all the time No, I can never quit

    Everything is very quiet Everyone has gone to sleep I'm wide awake on memories These memories can't wait

    These memories can't wait These memories can't wait These memories can't wait

    These memories can't wait These memories can't wait These memories can't wait


    Talking Heads-Memories Can't Wait
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    And everybody wants to be special here
    They call your name out loud and clear
    Here comes a regular
    Call out your name
    Here comes a regular
    Am I the only one here today?



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