User: Motelmatches |
Elvis Costello - Red Shoes - Live, 1978 Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes But when they told me 'bout their side of the bargain, that's when I knew that I could not refuse And I won't get any older, now the angels wanna wear my red shoes I was watching while you're dancing away Our love got fractured in the echo and sway How come everybody wants to be your friend? You know that it still hurts me just to say it Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that) Cause she's feeling so abused. (oh that's too bad) She gets tired of the lust, (oh I'm so sad) but it's so hard to refuse How can you say that I'm too old when the angels have stolen my red shoes Oh, I said "I'm so happy, I could die." She said "Drop dead," then left with another guy That's what you get if you go chasing after vengeance Ever since you got me punctured this has been my sentence Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes Red shoes, the angels wanna wear my red shoes Tags: Elvis Costello The Attractions |
User: Motelmatches |
Elvis Costello - Green Shirt - Live, 1979 There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen Who comes into my house every night. And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and green And she turns them into black and white. But you tease and you flirt And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it Better cut off all identifying labels Before they put you on the torture table 'Cause somewhere in the "Quisling Clinic" There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes She's listening in to the Venus line She's picking out names I hope none of them are mine But you tease, and you flirt... Never said I was a stool pigeon I never said I was a diplomat Everybody is under suspicion But you don't wanna hear about that 'Cause you tease, and you flirt... Better send a begging letter to the big investigation Who put these fingerprints on my imagination? You tease, and you flirt... You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it Tags: Elvis Costello The Attractions |
User: Motelmatches |
The Pretenders - Up The Neck Anger and lust, My senses running amok. Bewildered and deluded, Have I been hit by a truck. With my tongue inside his..., Felt like the time in the womb. But I woke up with a headache that split my skull, Alone in the room. I got down on the floor with my head pressed between my knees, Up to my neck with my teeth sunk into my own flesh. I said, baby, oh sweetheart. Lust turns to anger, A kiss to a slug. Something was sticking, On the shag rug, look at the tiles. I remember the way he groaned Moved with an animal skill My face in the sweat that ran down his chest It's all, very, run of the mill. I noticed that his scent started to change somehow His face went berserk, veins bulged on his brow. I said baby, oh sweetheart. Bondage to lust, Abuse of facility. Blackmailed emotions confused, The demon and devilty. I was sure his attentions were sweet, And that mine were as well. But a wish is a shot in the dark, When your coin's down the well. I got out in the hall with my teeth in my head, Up into my neck I said, said, said, Dead. I said baby, oh sweetheart. Tags: Pretenders Chrissie Hynde |
User: Motelmatches |
The Blasters "Marie Marie" - Live, 1985 Marie Marie, playin' guitar on the back porch I sit in my car Oh, while she sings so sad, Marie Marie Marie Marie, it's so lonely in these farmlands Please come with me To the bright lights down town, Marie Marie I said, hey pretty girl, don't you understand I just want to be your lovin' man Marie Marie, the sun is down in the cornfield The evening is dark And you sing so sad Marie Marie Marie Marie, I got two weeks in back pay There's gas in my car And your folks say I must go, Marie Marie I said, hey pretty girl, don't you understand I just want to be your lovin' man Marie Marie, playin' guitar on the back porch I leave in my car Oh, while you sing so sad, Marie Marie Tags: Blasters Rockabilly |
User: Motelmatches |
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach - This House Is Empty Now These rooms play tricks upon you Remember when they were always filled with laughter But now they're quite deserted They seem to just echo voices raised in anger Maybe you will see my face Reflected there on the pane In the window up above for long In broken home Yet this house is empty now Theres nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how am I supposed to live without you Oh, if I could just become forgetful When night seems endless Does the extinguished candle care About the darkness It's funny how my memory Will bring you so close then make you disappear Meanwhile all our friends must choose Who they will favor, who they will lose Hang the garland high, or close the door Or throw away the key This house is empty now There's no one living here You have to care about This house is empty now Theres nothing I can do To make you want to stay So tell me how am I supposed to live without you This house is empty now This house is empty now Theres nothing I can do This house is empty now This house is empty now Tags: Elvis Costello Burt Bacharach |
User: Motelmatches |
Natalie Merchant - Life Is Sweet - Live, 1998 It's a pity, it's a crying shame Who pulled you down again? How painful it must be To bruise so easily inside It's a pity, it's a downright crime It happens all the time You want to stay little daddy's girl You want to hide from the vicious world outside Don't cry, you know the tears will do no good So dry your eyes Oh, your daddy, he's the iron man Battleship wrecked on dry land Your mamma she's a bitter bride She'll never be satisfied, you know And that's not right. But don't cry, you know the tears will do no good So dry your eyes Oh, they told you life is hard Misery from the start, it's dull, it's slow, it's painful But I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more, be grateful Well, who do you believe Who will you listen to Who will it be 'Cause it's high time that you decide In your own mind I've tried to comfort you I've tried to tell you to be patient They are blind, and they can't see Fortune gonna come one day They're all gonna fade away Your daddy the war machine And your momma the long and suffering Prisoner of what she cannot see For they told you life is hard Misery from the start, It's dull, it's slow, it's painful But I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more, be grateful So, who will you believe Who will you listen to Who will it be 'Cause it's high time that you decide It's time to make up your own Your own state of mind Oh they told you life is long Be thankful when it's done Don't ask for more, be grateful But I tell you life is short Be thankful because Before you know it It will be over 'Cause life is sweet, life is also very short Life is sweet and life is also very short Life is sweet Tags: Natalie Merchant Ophelia |
User: Motelmatches |
Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello - Blue Go find a jukebox and see what a quarter will do I don't wanna talk I just wanna go back to blue Feed's me when I'm hungry and quenches my thirst Loves me when I'm lonely and thinks of me first Blue is the color of night When the red sun Disappears from the sky Raven feathers shiny and black A touch of blue glistening down her back We don't talk about heaven and we don't talk about hell We come to depend on one another so damn well So go to confession whatever gets you through You can count your blessings I'll just count on blue Blue is the color of night When the red sun Disappears from the sky Raven feathers shiny and black A touch of blue glistening down her back Blue Tags: Lucinda Williams |
User: Motelmatches |
Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue - Live, 1978 Elvis Costello & The Attractions Don't say you love me when it's just a rumour Don't say a word if there is any doubt. Sometimes I think that love is just a tumour; you've got to cut it out. You say you're sorry for the things that you've done. You say you're sorry but you know you don't mean it. I wouldn't worry. I had so much fun. Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being It's you not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue It's you not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue oh yeah. Get to the slot machine almost dead on arrival Just hit me one more time with that live wire Maybe they told you you were only a girl in a million You say I've got not feelings; this is a good way to kill them. Select the control and then insert the token You wanna throw me away but I'm not broken. You've got a lot to say. Well I'm not joking. There are some words they don't allow to be spoken. Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being It's you not just another mouth in the lipstick vogue Tags: Elvis Costello The Attractions |
User: Motelmatches |
Los Lobos - La Bamba - Live, 1985 Para bailar la bamba Para bailar la bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti Y arriba y arriba Ay arriba y arriba Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere Yo no soy marinero Yo no soy marinero, soy capitan Soy capitan, soy capitan Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba Para bailar la bamba Para bailar la bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti Ay y arriba y arriba Para bailar la bamba Para bailar la bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti Y arriba y arriba Ay arriba y arriba Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Bamba, bamba Tags: Los Lobas |
User: Motelmatches |
Carl Smith - Are You Teasing Me Written by I. Louvin - C. Louvin When we're all alone dear and I'm in your arms are you teasing me When you're telling me how you thrill to my charms are you teasing me Are you untrue when I'm not with you when we're apart are you free Tell me darling while our love is still young are you teasing me You say that my kiss sends your heart in a whirl are you teasing me And that you'll be mine till the end of the world are you teasing me Tell me darling while our love is still young are you teasing me Tags: American Country Music |
User: Motelmatches |
Dar Williams - Are You Out There Live, 2001 Perhaps I am a miscreation No one knows the truth there is no future here And you're the DJ speaks to my insomnia And laughs at all I have to fear, laughs at all I have to fear You always play the madmen poets Vinyl vision grungy bands You never know who's still awake You never know who understands and Are you out there, can you hear this? Jimmy Olson, Johnny Memphis I was out here listening all the time And though the static walls surround me You were out there and you found me I was out here listening all the time Last night we drank in parking lots And why do we drink? I guess we do it 'cause And when I turned your station on You sounded more familiar than that party was You more familiar than that party It's the first time I stayed up all night It's getting light I hear the birds I'm driving home on empty streets I think I put my shirt on backwards And what's the future, who will choose it Politics of love and music Underdogs who turn the tables Indie versus major labels There's so much to see through Like our parents do more drugs than we do Oh.... Corporate parents, corporate towns I know every TV set that has them lit They preach that I should save the world They pray that I won't do a better job of it Pray that I won't do a better job So tonight I turned your station on Just so I'd be understood Instead another voice said I was just too late And just no good.... Calling Olson, calling Memphis I am calling, can you hear this? I was out here listening all the time And I will write this down And then I will not be alone again yeah I was out here listening Oh yeah I was out here listening Oh yeah I am out here listening all the time Tags: Dar Williams |
User: Motelmatches |
Elvis Costello - Don't Look Back Live, 1980 Songwriters: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, originally recorded by The Temptations in 1965 Tags: Elvis Costello |
User: Motelmatches |
Ernest Tubb - Mississippi Gal 1950s Tags: Ernest Tubb American Country Music |
User: Motelmatches |
Los Lobos - Our Last Night Live, 1985 Now at last the night has fallen We're all alone The sky is dark, the stars are bright And we're so far from home You and I have been together For so many years If love is right, why do you fight To hold back needless tears Tell me that it'll be alright But when I'm deep inside I realize That this our last night Bring your pretty head closer Get it close to mine Your eyes are saying something But the words are hard to find Love don't know it lasts forever Ours is here to stay After all the love we've given Please don't look at me that way Tell me that it'll be alright But when I'm deep inside I realize That this our last night Feelings come and hearts fall broken Slipping through our hands The ways of life and love I'll never never understand If it's true what you've been saying If there's still a chance Why is it that the two of us Can't rescue this romance Faded love don't ever come back So the story goes There is a side of you and I Where love no longer goes Tell me that it'll be alright But when I'm deep inside I realize That this our last night Tags: Los Lobos |
User: Motelmatches |
Los Lobos - Will The Wolf Survive - Live, 1985 Through the chill of winter Running across the frozen lake Hunters are out on his trail All odds are against him With a family to provide for The one thing he must keep alive Will the wolf survive Drifting by the roadside Climbs each storm and aging face Wants to make some morning's fate Losing to the range war He's got two strong legs to guide him Two strong arms keep him alive Will the wolf survive Standing in the pouring rain All alone in a world that's changed Running scared, now forced to hide In a land where he once stood with pride But he'll find his way by the morning light Sounds across the nation Coming from your hearts and minds Battered drums and old guitars Singing songs of passion It's the truth that they all look for The one thing they must keep alive Will the wolf survive Will the wolf survive Tags: Los Lobos |
User: Motelmatches |
Goldie Hill - I'm The Loneliest Gal In Town Live Tags: American Country Music |
User: Motelmatches |
The Blasters - Little Honey - Live Live performance, 1985 Tags: Rockabilly Blasters Dave Alvin |
User: Motelmatches |
Dar Williams - I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono Live performance, 2001 I wonder if Yoko Ono Ever thought of staying solo If she thought of other men and If she doubted John Lennon Worrying that he'd distract her art Sitting in the Apple sessions Giving John her music lessons Challenging the warring nations With her paper installations Did she guard her Yoko human heart Well, they could talk about me Yeah, they could talk about me Throw me to the velvet dogs of pop star history But I won't be your Yoko Ono If you're not good enough for me Some will give their love for fashion Others trade their gold for passion I don't have the goods to start with Never had the reins to part with Still, I hope you take me seriously 'Cause I think I could go Deep as the sea of Yoko You don't know a person like me I could sell your songs to Nike And for all you know I could save your soul As only true love can change your mind Make you leave your screaming fans behind When John called the wind an opera Making love with every chakra When he said her voice would carry And when he whispered old Chuck Berry Only then would Yoko set him free Fame will come and vanish later Transcendental love is greater I think if we had this somehow We'd be feeling famous right now We'd be saying love is all you need And they could rag about me Yeah, they could rag about me Throw me to the velvet dogs of pop star history But I won't be your Yoko Ono If you're not good enough for me Oh, no . . . and I won't be your Yoko Ono If you're not good enough for me . . . . . . Tags: Dar Williams |
User: Motelmatches |
Dar Williams and Pete Seeger - Turn! Turn! Turn! April, 1998 Tags: Dar Williams Pete Seeger Peace |
User: Motelmatches |
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Everyday I Write The Book Live Lip Sync, 1983 Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better When you find strange hands in your sweater When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book Chapter One we didn't really get along Chapter Two I think I fell in love with you You said you'd stand by me in the middle of Chapter Three But you were up to your old tricks in Chapters Four, Five and Six The way you walk The way you talk, and try to kiss me, and laugh In four or five paragraphs All your compliments and your cutting remarks Are captured here in my quotation marks Don't tell me you don't know the difference Between a lover and a fighter With my pen and my electric typewriter Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel Tags: Elvis Costello the Attractions |