All the faces
All the voices blur
Change to one face
Change to one voice
Prepare yourself for bed
The light seems bright
And glares on white walls
All the sounds of
Charlotte sometimes
Into the night with
Charlotte sometimes
–The Cure
I had a date with a pretty ballerina
Her hair so brilliant that it hurt my eyes,
I asked her for this dance and then she obliged me
Was I surprised, yeah, was I surprised, no not at all
I called her yesterday, it should have been tomorrow
I could not keep this joy that was inside,
I beg for her to tell me if she really loved me,
Some where a mountain is moving
Afraid it’s moving without me.
Left Banke Pretty Ballerina
There’s a cabin on a mountain far away in Tennessee
Dearest place this side of heaven and it’s where I long to be
I’ve rambled this world over sailed upon the deep blue sea
But in a cabin on a mountain’s where my heart will always be
Cabin On A Mountain. Trad. Bluegrass number
Get back, get back again and again
I’ve been here since I can’t remember when
My life is a boat, being blown by you
Nothing ahead, just the deepest blue…
To me you’re like the setting sun
You rise then you’re gone
To me you’re like the setting sun
You rise then you’re gone
Go down on your light
So bright it burns my eyes
Sounds like the perfect way
To end my life
The Verve, Gravity Grave
Once upon a time I was falling in love,
But now I’m only falling apart.
Nothing I can say,
A total eclipse of the heart.
A total eclipse of the heart.
A total eclipse of the heart.
Turn around, bright eyes.
Bonnie Tyler, “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”
Falling in love again,
Never wanted to.
What am I to do?
Can’t help it.
Marlene Dietrich - Falling in Love Again
-“BB”-
I flinch, I shy, when the lass with the delicate air goes by
I smile, I grin, when the gal with a touch of sin walks in.
I hope, and I pray, for a Hester to win just one more “A”
The sadder-but-wiser girl’s the girl for me.
The Music Man, “The Sadder But Wiser Girl For Me”
Just wise owl tones no velvet lies
Crush her velvet call
Oh Marlene suffer all the fools
Who write you on the wall
And hold your tongue about your life
Or dead hands will change the plot
Well make your loving sound like snakes
Like you were never hot
Peter Murphy - Marlene Dietrich’s Favourite Poem
Owls, everyone is fond of owls
Except for mice and shrews and Simon Cowells
And you know why they come for you
The owls in your dressing room, the owls in your gravy
Even if you hide at sea, there’s owls in the navy
Jonti Picking The Owl Song
In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas.
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease.
In the navy
Come on now, people, make a stand.
In the navy, in the navy.
The Village People, “In the Navy.”
You ask where I live, Here’s the address I give –
The four winds and the seven seas.
The hills were my home till I started to roam,
The four winds and the seven seas.
Vic Damone - The Four Winds and the Seven Seas
(although I’m personally fond of the 1963 ‘Smother’s Brothers’ version)
-“BB”-
But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea
Looking Glass - Brandy
The boat goes out, surrender yours
It could be any day
The fishermen shout, approaching storm
It’s just like yesterday
Sometimes I can’t tell what I’m doin’ here
Am I s’pposed to be a clown or a buccanneer
From the vaguest clue to the faintest idea
A Roman holiday
Surrender smiles, epiphany
It’s almost every day
And the sea’s in my bed
And the moon’s in my head
The Refo:mation - The Moon & The Sea
Until the gift that someone left, a basket by my door.
And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed,
I got down on my knees and kissed the moon and star on his head.
Cat Stevens, The Boy with the Moon and Star on His Head
I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution,
Take a bow for the new revolution,
Smile and grin at the change all around.
Pick up my guitar and play,
Just like yesterday,
Then I’ll get on my knees and pray,
We don’t get fooled again.
The Who, “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
Pictures of never ending dreams
I can’t see what these images mean
Locked inside me can’t set the rainbows free
Like perishing flowers they sag and twist and die
There’s a revolution
There’s a revolution yeah
The Cult, “Revolution”
Look what’s happening out in the streets
Got a revolution
Got a revolution
Hey I’m dancing down the street
Got a revolution
Got a revolution
Ain’t it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution
Got a revolution
Jefferson Airplane Volunteers
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
The Beatles, Revolution
We can change the world,
Rearrange the world.
Chicago