And a parting on the left
Is now a parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Sometimes I swear that man is out to get me!
From her broom-broom in the sky
She watched her plans materialize
She waved her wand
The beautiful boat was gone
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
in the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams;
the islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
with the Gales of November remembered.
I’ll always remember
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall
Ticking away
“Seize the Day,” I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look around, hear the sounds
Cherish your life
While you’re still around
*(“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
Old Time is still a-flying
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying”)
*
We can learn from the past
But those days are gone
We can hope for the future
But there might not be one
The words stuck in my mind
Alive from what I’ve learned
I have to seize the day
To home I returned
Preparing for her flight
I held with all my might
Fearing my deepest fright
She walked into the night
She turned for one last look
She looked me in the eye
I said, “I Love You…Good-bye.”
While the deep purple falls
Over sleepy garden walls
Nobody gonna take my car
I’m gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It’s gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it’s a killing machine
It’s got everything
Like a driving power
Big fat tyres and everything
I love it - and I need it - I bleed it
Yeah it’s a wild hurricane
Alright - hold tight
I’m a highway star
My body is burning, it starts to shout
Desire is coming, it breaks out loud
Lust is in cages till storm breaks loose
Just have to make it with someone I choose
The night is calling, I have to go
The wolf is hungry, he runs the show
He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win
On the hunt tonight for love at first sting
Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane (Are you ready, baby?)
Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane
Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane (Come on, come on, baby)
Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane
Rock you like a hurricane
It’s early morning, the sun comes out
Last night was shaking and pretty loud
My cat is purring, it scratches my skin
So what is wrong with another sin?
The night is calling, I have to go
The wolf is hungry, he runs the show
He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win
On the hunt tonight for love at first sting
Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane (Are you ready, baby?)
You were born to privilege
Licking on a silver spoon
Think you gotta buy all your friends
Just so you can tear up the room
Your kind is a dime a dozen
I’ve seen it all before
A parasite in a good disguise
Just another wolf at the door
The Wolf - prowling in the nighttime
The Wolf - howling in the moonshine
The Wolf - gives you what you want
But he ain’t no friend of mine
You lay it on oh, so sweet
Just like that bad cologne
Just smiling tooth and nail
You gotta make your presence known
But you are only a lonely hunter
Some things you can’t disguise
Just to look in the hallway mirror
Now it’s howling in your eyes
The Wolf - prowling in the nighttime
The Wolf - howling in the moonshine
The Wolf - gives you what you want
But he ain’t no friend of mine
On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Oh, the werewolf, oh, the werewolf
Comes steppin’ along
He don’t even break the branches
Where he’s been gone
You can hear his long holler
From way across the moor
That’s the holler of the werewolf
When he’s feeling poor
For the werewolf
For the werewolf
Have sympathy
'Cause the werewolf is somebody like you and me
Once I saw him in the moonlight
When the bats were flying
All alone I saw the werewolf
And the werewolf was crying
Cryin’ “Nobody, nobody, nobody knows
How much I love the maid as I tear off her clothes
Cryin’ nobody, nobody, knows of my pain
When I see that it’s risen, that full moon again”
I talk through my eyes, the words pouring down
Nobody hears
You ask me what’s wrong, but what can I say
Nobody hears
I try to tell you, I try to show you
How else can I tell you, how else can I show you?
I’m screaming inside, why can’t you hear?
Nobody hears
You’re looking right through me like I’m not here
Nobody hears
When the last tear falls down
Nothing gets washed away
Another plea put to rest
As nobody hears, nobody hears
So what did I do to you
That makes you run from me
Now I’m sitting here screaming inside myself
Don’t understand why nobody hears
Take a good look at my face
You know my smile looks out of place
If you look closer it’s easy to trace
The tracks of my tears
Sometimes
I feel the ocean in my blood
See rain from the sky above
Her salt brined tears
And now
Those tears leave a taste on my tongue
Like the warm rush you get from
Black opium
Black opium
Sometimes
I feel like I want to leave
Behind all these memories
And walk through that door
Outside
The black night calls my name
But all roads look the same
They lead nowhere
They lead nowhere
look to the sea, reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
We live happily forever, so the story goes
But somehow we missed out on that pot of gold
But we’ll try best that we can to carry on
A gathering of angels appeared above my head
They sang to me this song of hope, and this is what they said
They said come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Soft as the voice of an angel
Breathing a lesson unheard
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers a comforting word.
Wait, till the darkness is over
Wait, till the tempest is done
Hope, for the sunshine tomorrow
After the darkness is gone.
Whispering hope,
Oh how welcome Thy voice
Making my heart
Any sorrow rejoice.
Make a promise, take a vow
And trust your feelings it’s easy now
Understand The Voice within
And feel the changes already beginning
Oh, oh won’t you tell me again
Oh, oh can you feel it?
Oh, oh won’t you tell me again
Tonight
And how many words have I got to say
And how many times will it be this way
With your arms around the future
And your back up against the past
You’re already falling it’s calling you
On to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You’re already falling
The one it’s calling is you
Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely one
Won’t you tell me again
Oh can you feel it
Oh won’t you tell me again
Tonight
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck, and we’re on our way
[Why not give the title and artist at least?]
Tracy Chapman – The Promise
If you wait for me
then I’ll come for you
Although I’ve traveled far
I always hold a place for you in my heart
If you think of me
If you miss me once in awhile
Then I’ll return to you
I’ll return and fill that space in your heart
Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I’ll find my way back to you
If you’ll be waiting
If you dream of me
Like I dream of you
In a place that’s warm and dark
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart
There Stands the Glass – Webb Pierce
There stands the glass
That will ease all my pain
That will settle my brain
It’s my first one today
There stands the glass
That will hide all my tears
That will drown all my fears
Brother, I’m on my way
I’m wond’ring where you are tonight
I’m wond’ring if you all right
I wonder if you think of me
In my misery
There stands the glass
Fill it up to the brim
Till my troubles grow dim
It’s my first one today
ETA: Originally in response to Dendarri Dame’s (with “we’re on our way”). Luckily, it also fits with John DiFool’s (“think of me”)!