Backstreets

...Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see

Trying to learn how to walk like heroes we thought we had to be

And after all this time to find we're just like all the rest

Stranded in the park and forced to confess

To hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets...

-- Bruce Springsteen

Comfortably Numb

...There is no pain you are receding

A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.

You are only coming through in waves.

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.

When I was a child

I caught a fleeting glimpse

Out of the corner of my eye.

I turned to look but it was gone

I cannot put my finger on it now

The child is grown,

The dream is gone.

I have become comfortably numb.

-- Pink Floyd

No Way Out Of Here

...There are no boundaries set

The time and yet

You waste it still

So it slips through your hands

Like grains of sand

You watch it go

There's no time to be lost

You'll pay the cost

So get it right

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

...

There never was there an answer

There an answer

Not without listening

Without seeing

There's no way out of here

When you come in

You're in for good

There was no promise made

The part you played

The chance you took

-- David Gilmour

The Sound Of Silence

Hello darkness, my old friend,

I've come to talk with you again,

Because a vision softly in creeping,

Left its seeds while I was sleeping,

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone,

'Neath the halo of a street lamp,

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence...

-- Simon and Garfunkel

A Little Is Enough

...I'm like a connoisseur of champagne cognac

The perfume nearly beats the taste

I eat an oyster and I feel the contact

But more than one would be a waste

Some people want an endless line that's true

But all I have is a little time with you

A smile sets me reeling

A kiss feel like stealing

Your love is like heroin

This addict is mellowing

I can't pretend that I'm tough

Just a little is enough...

-- Pete Townshend

If I Should Fall Behind

We said we'd walk together baby come what may

That come the twilight should we lose our way

If as we're walkin a hand should slip free

I'll wait for you

And should I fall behind

Wait for me

We swore we'd travel darlin' side by side

We'd help each other stay in stride

But each lover's steps fall so differently

But I'll wait for you

And if I should fall behind

Wait for me

Now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true

But you and I know what this world can do

So let's make our steps clear that the other may see

And I'll wait for you

If I should fall behind

Wait for me

Now there's a beautiful river in the valley ahead

There 'neath the oak's bough soon we will be wed

Should we lose each other in the shadow of the evening trees

I'll wait for you

And should I fall behind

Wait for me

Darlin' I'll wait for you

Should I fall behind

Wait for me

-- Bruce Springsteen

Songs on my current playlist

Across This New Divide

I remembered black skies, the lightning all around me
I remembered each flash as time began to blur
Like a startling sign that fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide

There was nothing in sight but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide, the ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes across this new divide

In every loss, in every lie, in every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each goodbye was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve

So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
Across this new divide, across this new divide
-- Linkin Park

Wish You Were Here

So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain?

Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change?

And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,

Running over the same old ground. What have you found? The same old fears.

Wish you were here.

-- PinkFloyd

I have been listining to the Limp Bisket version from the "Tribute to America album

Kryptonite

I took a walk around the world to

ease my troubled mind

I left my body laying somewhere

in the sands of time

I watched the world float to the dark

side of the moon

I feel there is nothing i can do, yeah

I watched the world float to the

dark side of the moon

after all I knew it had to be something

to do with you

I really don't mind what happens now and then

as long as you'll my friend at the end

If I go crazy then will you still

call me Superman

if I'm alive and well, will you be

there holding my hand

I'll keep you by my side with

my superhuman might

kryptonite

You call me strong, you call me weak,

but still your secrets i will keep

you took for granted all the times I

never let you down

you stumbled in and bumped your head, if

not for me then you would be dead

I picked you up and put you back

on solid ground

If I go crazy then will you still

call me Superman

If I'm alive and well, will you be

there holding my hand

I'll keep you by my side with

my superhuman might

kryptonite

If I go crazy then will you still

call me Superman

If I'm alive and well, will you be

there holding my hand

I'll keep you by my side with

my superhuman might

kryptonite

-- 3 Doors Down

Truly Madly Deeply

I'll be your dream I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy

I'll be your hope I'll be your love

Be everything that you need

I'll love you more with every breath

Truly, madly, deeply do

I will be strong I will be faithful 'cause I'm counting on

A new beginning

A reason for living

A deeper meaning

I want to stand with you on a mountain

I want to bathe with you in the sea

I want to lay like this forever

Until the sky falls down on me

And when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky,

I'll make a wish to send it to heaven

Then make you want to cry

The tears of joy for all the pleasure in the certainty

That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection of

The highest powers

In lonely hours

The tears devour you

I want to stand with you on a mountain

I want to bathe with you in the sea

I want to lay like this forever

Until the sky falls down on me

Oh can you see it baby?

You don't have to close your eyes

'Cause its standing right here before you

All that you need will surely come

I'll be your dream I'll be your wish

I'll be your fantasy

I'll be you hope I'll be your love

Be everything that you need

I'll love you more with every breath

Truly, madly deeply do

I want to stand with you on a mountain

I want to bathe with you in the sea

I want to lay like this forever

Until the sky falls down on me

-- Savage Garden

Wherever You Will Go

So lately, been wondering

Who will be there to take my place

When I'm gone you'll need love

to light the shadows on your face

If a great wave shall fall and fall upon us all

Then between the sand and stone,

could you make it on your own

Chorus:

If I could, then I would

I'll go wherever you will go

Way up high, or down low,

I'll go wherever you will go

And maybe, I'll find out

A way to make it back someday

To watch you, to guide you,

through the darkest of your days

If a great wave shall fall and fall upon us all

Then I hope there's someone out there

who can bring me back to you

Chorus:

If I could, then I would

I'll go wherever you will go

Way up high, or down low,

I'll go wherever you will go

Run away with my heart

Run away with my hope

Run away with my love

I know now, just quite how

My life and love might still go on

In your heart, in your mind,

I'll stay with you for all time

Chorus:

If I could, then I would

I'll go wherever you will go

Way up high, or down low,

I'll go wherever you will go

-- The Calling

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Pieces of songs I enjoy

Once In A Lifetime

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile

And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife

And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

-- Talking Heads

Take It Easy

Well, I'm running down the road

tryin' to loosen my load

I've got seven women on

my mind,

Four that wanna own me,

Two that wanna stone me,

One says she's a friend of mine

Take It easy, take it easy

-- Eagles

Hotel California

Welcome to the Hotel California

Such a lovely place

Such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel California

Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends

She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends

How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

...

Mirrors on the ceiling,

The pink champagne on ice

And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device'

And in the master's chambers,

They gathered for the feast

The stab it with their steely knives,

But they just can't kill the beast

...

You can checkout any time you like,

but you can never leave!

-- Eagles

Peace On Earth

Heaven on earth

We need it now

I'm sick of all of this

hanging around

Sick of sorrow

I'm sick of the pain

I'm sick of hearing

again and again

that there's gonna be

peace on earth

-- U2

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