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    Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

    You got a fast car
    And I want a ticket to go anywhere
    Maybe we make a deal
    Maybe together we can get somewhere
    Anyplace is better
    Starting from zero got nothing to lose
    Maybe we'll make something
    But me myself I got nothing to prove

    You got a fast car
    And I got a plan to get us out of here
    I been working at the convenience store
    Managed to save just a little bit of money
    We won't have to drive too far
    Just 'cross the border and into the city
    You and I can both get jobs
    And finally see what it means to be living

    You see my old man's got a problem
    He live with the bottle that's the way it is
    He says his body's too old for working
    I say his body's too young to look like his
    My mama went off and left him
    She wanted more from life than he could give
    I said somebody's got to take care of him
    So I quit school and that's what I did

    You got a fast car
    But is it fast enough so we can fly away
    We gotta make a decision
    We leave tonight or live and die this way

    I remember we were driving driving in your car
    The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
    City lights lay out before us
    And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
    And I had a feeling that I belonged
    And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

    You got a fast car
    And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
    You still ain't got a job
    And I work in a market as a checkout girl
    I know things will get better
    You'll find work and I'll get promoted
    We'll move out of the shelter
    Buy a big house and live in the suburbs

    You got a fast car
    And I got a job that pays all our bills
    You stay out drinking late at the bar
    See more of your friends than you do of your kids
    I'd always hoped for better
    Thought maybe together you and me would find it
    I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
    So take your fast car and keep on driving

    You got a fast car
    But is it fast enough so you can fly away
    You gotta make a decision
    You leave tonight or live and die this way
    "Fortune favours the bold" - Virgil
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    Quote Originally Posted by rfnel View Post
    Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
    But me myself I got nothing to prove
    You gotta make a decision
    You leave tonight or live and die this way
    This song is refreshingly unique in that it epitomizes socio economic problems and the resolve that a couple can have to survive in spite of the odds. A couple with a bullet proof idea. The guitar work is plain magical. This song takes me way back to 1988 when I was in standard 7. Only the agile mind of Tracey Chapman can drive the point home so well. This one song laments several socio economic side effects: Divorce, alcoholism, poverty, unemployment....nice song!

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    I find a lot of the lyrics to be true.

    LINKIN PARK LYRICS "By Myself"

    What do I do to ignore them behind me?
    Do I follow my instincts blindly?
    Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams?
    And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
    Do I sit here and try to stand it?
    Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
    Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
    Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
    Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
    I make the right moves but I'm lost within
    I put on my daily facade but then
    I just end up getting hurt again
    By myself [myself]

    [x2]
    I ask why, but in my mind
    I find I can’t rely on myself

    [Chorus:]
    I can’t hold on
    To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
    It’s all too much to take in
    I can’t hold on
    To anything watching everything spin
    With thoughts of failure sinking in

    If I
    Turn my back I’m defenseless
    And to go blindly seems senseless

    If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll
    Take from me ‘till everything is gone
    If I let them go I’ll be outdone
    But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
    If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
    Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
    by myself
    [myself]

    [x2]
    I ask why, but in my mind
    I find I can’t rely on myself

    [Chorus]

    How do you think I’ve lost so much
    I'm so afraid that I'm out of touch
    How do you expect... I will know what to do
    When all I know Is what you tell me to

    [x2]
    Don’t you know
    I can’t tell you how to make it go
    No matter what I do, how hard I try
    I can’t seem to convince myself why
    I’m stuck on the outside

    [Chorus x2]
    peace is a state of mind
    Disclaimer: everything written by me can be considered as fictional.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tec0 View Post
    I find a lot of the lyrics to be true.
    Quote Originally Posted by tec0 View Post
    Do I sit here and try to stand it?
    Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
    Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
    Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
    Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
    I make the right moves but I'm lost within
    I put on my daily facade but then
    I just end up getting hurt again
    By myself [myself]

    A theory is one thing but a hybrid theory is quite another! I appreciate Linkin Park purely because they’ve always kept it real. Their songs are the sum total of their memories. All the record labels that turned them down must regret the folly of their actions as Warner Bros signed them

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    Love them or hate them, the 80’s would not have being the 80’s without the Village People. So no matter what your genre of music is, if you love music as much as I do, I dedicate this one to you!



    “Everyone you meet, the children in the street
    are swayin' to the rhythm, there's somethin' movin' in them.
    There's no place to hide, so, why even try?
    Can't you hear it coming your way, it's here to stay.
    Music in our walk, music when we talk.
    It's really something magic, to lose it would be tragic.
    Can't you feel the sound movin' through the ground?
    Music makes the world go around.

    You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Take the cold from snow, tell the trees, don't grow,
    tell the wind, don't blow, 'cause it's easier.
    No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Take the spark from love, make the rain fall up
    'cause that's easier to do.

    Movin' with the wind since the world began,
    the beat is gonna getcha, beat is gonna getcha.
    Music for the blues, for your dancin' shoes,
    there's music in the way that we kiss, you can't resist.
    Movin' through the trees, buzzin' with the bees,
    the sound is gettin' louder, sound is gettin' louder.
    Music when we play, when we kneel to pray.
    There's music in the sound of the wind.

    You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
    though you try in vain it's much easier.
    No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Change the master plan, take the hope from man
    'cause that's easier to do.

    On the radio, on every TV show
    for each and every reason, each and every season.
    Music when we love for the moon above,
    music for the show of life that never ends.
    Music on a plane, music on a train,
    sailing in the ocean, music in the motion.
    Music in your car, at your local bar.
    There's music when you look at a star.

    You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
    though you try in vain it's much easier.
    No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Change the master plan, take the hope from man
    'cause that's easier to do.

    You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Take the heat from flame, try not feeling pain,
    though you try in vain it's much easier.
    No, you can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
    Change the master plan, take the hope from man
    'cause that's easier to do.”












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    Music on a plane, music on a train,
    sailing in the ocean, music in the motion.
    Music in your car, at your local bar.
    There's music when you look at a star
    Aww c'mon Vanash, you're playing with me. I just threw up a little in my mouth reading that
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    Andy, hence the 'love them or hate them remark!" Music has such a quality that one person will just hate a song or a band and another person will be a fan i.e. have all their memorabilia. The village people remain responsible for “YMCA,’ been played at most parties..
    Andy, I do appreciate the feedback though, I’m a feedback oriented person i.e. get feedback and then correct deviations etc.. I especially appreciate the feedback of TFSA regulars!To compensate for that ‘feeling the vomit in your throat’ sensation(which with the benefit of retrospect, I do apologies), here’s one you should know and like..

    "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" Tears for fears

    “Welcome to your life
    There's no turning back
    Even while sleep
    We will find you
    Acting on your best behaviour
    Turn your back on mother nature
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    It's my own design
    It's my own remorse
    Help me to decide
    Help make the most
    Of freedom and of pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    There's a room where the light won't find you
    Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
    When they do I'll be right behind you
    So glad we've almost made it
    So sad they had fade it
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    I can't stand this indecision
    Married with a lack of vision
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    Say that you'll never never never need it
    One headline why believe it ?
    Everybody wants to rule the world
    All for freedom and for pleasure
    Nothing ever lasts forever
    Everybody wants to rule the world.”

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    I’ve got some wild, wild life...
    “Check out Mr. Businessman
    Oh, ho ho
    He bought some wild, wild life”
    Talking heads: Wild life

    “I'm wearin'
    Fur pyjamas
    I ride a
    Hot Potata'
    It's tickling my fancy
    Speak up, I can't hear you

    Here on this mountaintop
    Woahoho
    I got some wild, wild life
    I got some news to tell ya
    Woahoho
    About some wild, wild life
    Here comes the doctor in charge
    Woahoho
    She's got some wild, wild life
    Ain't that the way you like it?
    Ho, ha!
    Living wild, wild life.

    I wrestle, with your conscience
    You wrestle, with your partner
    Sittin' on a window sill, but he
    Spends time behind closed doors

    Check out Mr. Businessman
    Oh, ho ho
    He bought some wild, wild life
    On the way to the stock exchange
    Oh, ho ho
    He got some wild, wild life
    Break it up when he opens the door
    Whoahoho
    He's doin' wild, wild life
    I know that's the way you like it
    Wo ho
    Living wild, wild life

    Peace of mind?
    Piece of cake!
    Thought control!
    You get on board anytime you like

    Like sittin' on pins and needles
    Things fall apart, it's scientific

    Sleeping on the interstate
    Woah ho ah
    Getting wild, wild life
    Checkin' in, a checkin' out!
    Uh, huh!
    I got a wild, wild life
    Spending all of my money and time
    Oh, ho ho
    Done too much wild, wild
    We wanna go, where we go, where we go
    Oh, ho ho!
    I doing wild, wild
    I know it, that's how we start
    Uh, huh
    Got some wild, wild life
    Take a picture, here in the daylight
    Oh, ho!
    And it's a wild, wild life
    You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast
    Oh, ho ho
    Wild, wild
    I know that's the way you like it
    Oh, ho!
    Living wild wild wild wild, life.”a

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    Message: You can’t reach a woman on the phone: Two different artists, two different genres: The same message: For whatever reason you can’t reach a specific woman on the phone!
    Bob Marley : Soon Come; Roger Waters: Nobody home

    Nobody Home: Roger waters
    “I've got a little black book with my poems in.
    Got a bag, with a toothbrush and a comb in,
    When I'm a good dog, they sometimes throw me a bone in.

    I got elastic bands keepin my shoes on.
    Got those swollen hand blues.
    I Got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from.
    I've got electric light.
    And I got second sight.
    Got amazing powers of observation.
    And that is how I know
    When I try to get through
    On the telephone to you
    There'll be nobody home
    .

    I've got the obligatory Hendrix perm.
    And the inevitable pinhole burns
    All down the front of my favorite satin shirt.
    I got nicotine stains on my fingers.
    I got a silver spoon on a chain.
    Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains.

    I got wild staring eyes.
    And I got a strong urge to fly.
    But I got nowhere to fly to.
    Ooooh, Babe when I pick up the phone
    There's still nobody home.

    I've got a pair of Gohills boots
    and I got fading roots”

    Soon come: Bob Marley
    “Everytime I call, they tell me that you're soon come
    I call you at your home, they tell me that you're soon come
    I don't like hanging around or to be pushed around
    I've got feelings for you know
    I don't like the soon come
    I call you on the phone, they tell me that you're soon come
    I even call you at your home, they tell me that you're soon come
    I don't like hanging around or to be pushed around”
    I've got feelings for you know
    I don't like the soon come”
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    Dedicated to the One I Love
    “While I'm far away from you, my baby,
    I know it's hard for you, my baby,
    Because it's hard for me, my baby,
    And the darkest hour is just before dawn---

    Each night before you go to bed, my baby,
    Whisper a little prayer for me my baby.
    And tell all the stars above
    This is dedicated to the one I love...

    "Life" can never be exactly like we want it to be.
    I could be satisfied knowing you love me.
    But there's one thing I want you to do especially for me---
    And it's something that everybody needs.

    While I'm far away from you, my baby,
    Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,
    Because it's hard for me, my baby,
    And the darkest hour is just before dawn.

    If there's one thing I want you to do especially for me
    And it's something that everybody needs...

    Each night before you go to bed, my baby,
    Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,
    And tell all the stars above---
    This is dedicated to the one I love.
    This is dedicated to ....."
    This song was originally written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph bass. In 1955 ‘The Shirelles,’ released a version of it. In 1967 ‘The Mamas and the Papas’ made a successful hit of it.
    For me though, it’s the reggae version by Bitty Mclean, that does it. This song takes me back to 1994.
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